Virginia!!!
Feb. 13th, 2014 08:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
osodecanela"We made a commitment to each other in our love and lives, and now had the legal commitment, to match. Isn't that what marriage is?...I have lived long enough now to see big changes. The older generations fears and prejudices have given way, and today's young people realize that if someone loves someone they have a right to marry. Surrounded as I am now by wonderful children and grandchildren, not a day goes by that I don't think of Richard and our love, our right to marry, and how much it meant to me to have that freedom to marry the person precious to me, even if others thought he was the wrong kind of person for me to marry. I believe all Americans, no matter their race, no matter their sex, no matter their sexual orientation, should have that same freedom to marry. Government has no business imposing some people's religious beliefs over others....I support the freedom to marry for all. That's what Loving, and loving, are all about." - Mildred Jeeter Loving, 2007
The ruling is in from Federal District in Norfolk, Virginia. We won. The judge found Virginia's ban on marriage equality unconstitutional under strict scrutiny.
And the very first page of the decision starts out with this quote above. This was Mildred Loving's statement 6-12-2007 on the 40th anniversary of Loving v. Virginia.
The decision is stayed pending appeal. This is the 3rd Federal District Court in as many months to find a state's ban on marriage equality unconstitutional. You can find the 41 page ruling here (http://www.scribd.com/doc/207069119/2-13-cv-00395-135)
The ruling is in from Federal District in Norfolk, Virginia. We won. The judge found Virginia's ban on marriage equality unconstitutional under strict scrutiny.
And the very first page of the decision starts out with this quote above. This was Mildred Loving's statement 6-12-2007 on the 40th anniversary of Loving v. Virginia.
The decision is stayed pending appeal. This is the 3rd Federal District Court in as many months to find a state's ban on marriage equality unconstitutional. You can find the 41 page ruling here (http://www.scribd.com/doc/207069119/2-13-cv-00395-135)
