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Virginia state officials had argued that the Act did not violate the Equal Protection Clause because it "equally burdened" both whites and non-whites, reasoning that the punishment for violating the statute was the same regardless of the offender's race; for example, a white person who married a black person was subject to the same penalties as ...
While interracial marriage had been legal in California since 1948, in 1957 actor Sammy Davis Jr. faced backlash for his relationship with a white woman, actress Kim Novak. [5] In 1958, Davis briefly married a black woman, actress and dancer Loray White, to protect himself from mob violence. [5]
A multiracial European family walking in the park. Interracial marriage is a marriage involving spouses who belong to different "races" or racialized ethnicities.. In the past, such marriages were outlawed in the United States, Nazi Germany and apartheid-era South Africa as miscegenation (Latin: 'mixing types').
Marriage law is the body of legal specifications and requirements and other laws that regulate the initiation, continuation, and validity of marriages, an aspect of family law, that determine the validity of a marriage, and which vary considerably among countries in terms of what can and cannot be legally recognized by the state.
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Fatal Vows is an American television documentary series on Investigation Discovery that debuted on November 17, 2012. [1] The series is presented by Brian Russell, an attorney as well as a forensic and clinical psychologist, and Stacy Kaiser, a licensed psychotherapist and relationship expert.
When I married, changing my last name to my husband's felt like too much work. Three years later, I still haven't changed my name and realize I don't want to. The tradition feels antiquated, and I ...
Turkish influencer Kübra Aykut — who went viral for her "wedding without a groom" video — has died at 29 after falling from several floors of an apartment complex in Istanbul on Sept. 23, per ...