Judge in Inter-Racial Marriage Case Resigns

BATON ROUGE, La. - A Louisiana justice of the peace who refused to marry a couple because the bride was white and groom was black resigned Tuesday.


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Mixed-Race Couple Murdered Last Year by Racist Marines

A Brooklyn Marine named Jan Pietrzk and his wife Quiana were murdered last year in California.  A mixed-race couple murdered in 1948!  No, wait, that was 2008!

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Mixed-Race Couples Against the Law in Many States!

In the novel we are reading, Rufus and Leona receive hateful stares on the streets of New York City.  The time is the 1950s and in many states in America it is illegal for mixed-race couples to get married.  The taboo against miscegenation (mixing) extends to public attitudes to unmarried couples as well.

Last year, Mildred Loving died and she is remembered as one who stood up for what she believed in:  racist laws should not dictate who adults may marry.

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In Louisiana, a judge has refused to grant a marriage license to an inter-racial couple.  Last week!


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