# GOP Indiana Senator says Supreme Court legalizing interracial marriage was a mistake; backtracks rather unconvincingly

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [March 23, 2022, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-indiana-senator-says-supreme-court-legalizing-interracial-marriage-was-a-mistake-backtracks-rather-unconvincingly/961587 "2022-03-23T23:23:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2022, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-indiana-senator-says-supreme-court-legalizing-interracial-marriage-was-a-mistake-backtracks-rather-unconvincingly/961587/1 "2022-03-23T23:23:45Z")

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Oops.

> **[Senator Says Legalizing Interracial Marriage Was a Mistake, Backtracks...](https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/03/republican-sen-mike-braun-says-supreme-court-should-not-have-struck-down-state-laws-banning-interracial-marriage-then-backtracks-unconvincingly.html)**
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> Mike Braun of Indiana told reporters that the Supreme Court was wrong to strike down state laws that banned Black and white Americans from wedding.

Maybe he should have said that _some_ forms of judicial activism are okay.

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**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2022, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-indiana-senator-says-supreme-court-legalizing-interracial-marriage-was-a-mistake-backtracks-rather-unconvincingly/961587/2 "2022-03-24T00:56:01Z")

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[Rick\_Kitchen beat you to posting this](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/996) over in the NSRIOTD (P2) thread.