In the late 1600's, Virginia, along with many other southern states, enacted laws against marriages of different races. Richard Loving and Mildred Jeter (pictured above) sought to change this, after being criminally charged in Virginia for their marriage to one another. On June 12, 1967, their efforts were successful when the Supreme Court ruled in their favor, deeming laws against interracial marriage unconstitutional. This was a turning point in history for interracial marriage, and we expect to see similar findings in the future for similar laws concerning same sex marriages.
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