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| Panel Discussion |
Forty-Two percent of Americans live in the 21 states that recognize various
forms of legal same-sex relationships. One-third of our nation's population
has marriage equality. This panel, Marriage Matters: Pastoral Care for all Couples & Families, included Presbyterian ministers
from marriage equality states. Michael Adee introduced the panel discussing miscegenation laws and the landmark
Loving vs. Virginia case decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1967.
This is not the first time…conversation has been about who gets to fall in love, who gets to be recognized as a couple, who gets the opportunity to get marriage. I trust that you're familiar with two remarkable people, Richard and Mildred Loving. It's a story from the late 1950s and it is hard to imagine that there were laws on the books that did not allow heterosexually oriented couples of different races to marry. They were called miscegenation laws. On the 40th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision that struck down those bad, unjust, immoral and I believe un-Christian kinds of barriers and laws, Mildred said this, "I am still not a political person, but I am proud that Richards and my name are on a court case that will help reinforce the love, commitment, fairness and family that so many people black or white, young or old, gay or straight seek in life. I support the freedom to marry for all." And listen to what she says, "That is what Loving and loving are all about.
Watch the Marriage Matters Panel Discussion
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