Fooled you with the picture?! It's not, as the name implies, the June version of Valentine's Day. According to the lovingday.org website "the name comes from Loving v. Virginia (1967), the landmark Supreme Court decision that legalized interracial marriage in the United States. Loving Day celebrations commemorate the anniversary of the Loving decision every year on or around June 12th."
Raise your glasses to legal recognition of interracial couples, ya'll. Today is the 41st anniversary of that decision.
It's hard to believe that >16 states embedded in their constitutions the illegalization of interracial marriage -- even as I look back and recall living a segregated life. Look how far we've come! Barack Obama, the native son of such a union, is likely to be our next president. We have made a lot of progress.
I'm hopeful that one day we'll see this same progress with regard to laws and attitudes towards same sex couples. Now that will be a truly loving day.
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Yay for Loving!
As the date approaches that we can get our marriage license (next week...), there are more and more news stories paralleling the quest for legal interracial marriage with the quest for legal same sex marriage. I well up at almost all of them--because I'm so excited about being able to be married to Leona, and I'm so furious about all the restrictions, and I'm so touched by the public comments of people like NY Governor David Patterson.
So, kiss your sweeties today...I will for sure!
xoxo
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