Those Damn Activist Judges...


	Those Damn Activist Judges...

earnric

6-5-2008 1:20 PM

1394 views

tags:

marriage, equal rights, bigotry

earnric says:

Thwarting the will of the people of Virginia... What can honest, god fearing folks do?

Sound familiar?

Add a Comment

Login to Comment. Not a member yet? Sign up

View the Top Clips from June 5, 2008

Embed This Clip In Your Site...

<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/42f10920-d3a2-45d0-bba9-eee4b7792a48/0B778473-55BB-433C-9010-D9D82586146A/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-miscegenation_laws&oldid=213586236" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-miscegenation_laws&oldid=213586236" style="font-size: 11px;">en.wikipedia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-miscegenation_laws&oldid=213586236"><I>Loving v. Virginia</I></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-miscegenation_laws&oldid=213586236"><P>In 1958, Richard and Mildred Loving had married in <A title="Washington, D.C." href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington%2C_D.C.">Washington, D.C.</A> to evade Virginia's anti-miscegenation law (the <A title="Racial Integrity Act" class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_Integrity_Act">Racial Integrity Act</A>). Having returned to Virginia, they were arrested in their bedroom for living together as an interracial couple. The judge suspended their sentence on the condition that the Lovings would leave Virginia and not return for 25 years. In 1963, the Lovings, who had moved to <A title="Washington, D.C" class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington%2C_D.C">Washington, D.C</A>, decided to appeal this judgment. In 1965, Virginia trial court Judge Leon Bazile, who heard their original case, refused to reconsider his decision. Instead, he defended <A title="Racial segregation" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_segregation">racial segregation</A>, writing:</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-miscegenation_laws&oldid=213586236"><P>Almighty God created the races <A title="White people" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_people">white</A>, <A title="Black people" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_people">black</A>, <A title="Asian people" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_people">yellow</A>, and <A title="Indigenous peoples of the Americas" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas">red</A>, and he placed them on separate <A title="Continents" class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continents">continents</A>. And but for the interference with his arrangement there would be no cause for such marriages. The fact that he separated the races shows that he did not intend for the races to mix.<SUP class="reference" id="cite_ref-tucker_15-0"><A title="" href="#cite_note-tucker-15">[16]</A></SUP></P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/0B778473-55BB-433C-9010-D9D82586146A/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

Clipmarks: Home; New Clips; Top Clips; Dashboard

Popular Topics: News; Life; Science; Technology; Entertainment

Get Started: Sign Up; Install Clipping Tool; How Clipping Works; Clip-to-Blog™; ClipSearch

Tools and Resources: FAQ; ClipWeek; Top Clippers; Top Tags; Site Map

About Clipmarks: About Us; Contact; Blog; Copyright; Privacy; EULA

Search Options

Related Clips

More clips from earnric

Today's Top Clips