40 Years agao - on June 12, 1967 - the U.S. Supreme Court knocked down a Virginia statute barring whites from marrying nonwhites. The decision also overturned similar bans in 15 other states.Bob Jones University in South Carolina finally dropped its ban on interracial dating in 2000. In 2001, 40 percent of the voters objected when Alabama became the last state to remove a no-longer-enforceable ban on interracial marriages from its constitution.
Amazing and disgusting that in the United States of America, "the land of the Free", the Government has say as to who you can Marry. While Interracial marriage is now accepted, more or less, its absolutely shameful that Gay couples are not allowed... both legally and socially.
JIMSMASH!!!
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You're damn right, Jim Smash.
I live in Denmark, where they've allowed same-sex marriages since 1989 and I don't see the fabric of society being torn apart here. On the contrary, Denmark is ahead of most countries in the league tables when it comes to education, health, violent crime and happiness.
Gay weddings would be a $1+ billion industry overnight if they were allowed - maybe that would be a way to get it through Congress?
(My wife just helpfully added "In the US, they'let cousins marry but not people of the same sex.")
hahaha! ouch! Ha!
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