# 40th anniversary of Loving v Virginia decision today

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/40th-anniversary-of-loving-v-virginia-decision-today/407760>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 12, 2007, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/40th-anniversary-of-loving-v-virginia-decision-today/407760 "2007-06-12T20:06:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/40th-anniversary-of-loving-v-virginia-decision-today/407760/1 "2007-06-12T20:06:24Z")

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[40 years ago today, the Supreme Court struck down all state laws against interracial marriages.](http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/06/10/national/a093723D36.DTL)

Yay for progress! Down with bigotry!

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**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/40th-anniversary-of-loving-v-virginia-decision-today/407760/2 "2007-06-12T20:23:00Z")

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Right on. 🆒

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**Author:** ![Dr.Woo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7c8e57/32.png) [@Dr.Woo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Woo)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/40th-anniversary-of-loving-v-virginia-decision-today/407760/3 "2007-06-12T20:23:44Z")

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Wow, it’s almost hard to believe it was only 40 years ago that this finally happened.

I think I’ll drink a root beer toast to progress!

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**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/40th-anniversary-of-loving-v-virginia-decision-today/407760/4 "2007-06-13T14:39:31Z")

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I was just a few days past high school graduation when the _Loving_ decision came down. I didn’t know about it at the time, and I had no idea it was still illegal anywhere in the US to marry outside your race. I believed all that stuff was in the dim past.

Even today, some things are illegal for no apparent reason.