Loving v. Virginia in a Post-Racial World: Rethinking Race, Sex, and Marriage

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Loving v. Virginia in a Post-Racial World: Rethinking Race, Sex, and Marriage

Role

Editors: Kevin N. Maillard and Rose C. Villazor

Contributing author: Victor C. Romero

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Victor Romero is a contributing author: "Loving Across the Miles: Binational Same-Sex Marriages" pages 217-234.

In 1967, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that laws prohibiting interracial marriage were unconstitutional in Loving vs. Virginia. Although this case promotes marital freedom and racial equality, there are still significant legal and social barriers to the free formation of intimate relationships. Marriage continues to be the sole measure of commitment, mixed relationships continue to be rare, and same-sex marriage is only legal in 6 out of 50 states. Most discussion of Loving celebrates the symbolic dismantling of marital discrimination. This book, however, takes a more critical approach to ask how Loving has influenced the “loving” of America. How far have we come since then, and what effect did the case have on individual lives?

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ISBN

9780521198585

Publication Date

6-2012

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

City

New York

Keywords

interracial marriage, same sex marriage, Loving v. Virginia, marital freedom, racial equality, equality, discrimination

Disciplines

Civil Rights and Discrimination | Constitutional Law

Loving v. Virginia in a Post-Racial World: Rethinking Race, Sex, and Marriage

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