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Today, support for interracial marriage is near-universal. [1] Opposition to interracial marriage was frequently based on religious principles. The overwhelming majority of white Southern evangelical Christians saw racial segregation, including on matters of marriage, as something that was divinely instituted from God.
A 2018 YouGov/Economist poll found that 17% of Americans oppose interracial marriage; with 19% of "other" ethnic groups, 18% of blacks, 17% of whites, and 15% of Hispanics opposing. [101] Attitudes towards interracial marriage can vary depending upon the race of the union and the person judging them. [102]
Loving v. Virginia, 388 U.S. 1 (1967), was a landmark civil rights decision of the U.S. Supreme Court that ruled that laws banning interracial marriage violate the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
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Hoping to bulletproof the wishes of many Americans, plus circumvent more intrusions into our privacy rights by a conservative Supreme Court, the U.S. House on Tuesday passed a federal protection ...
The bipartisan legislation, which passed 258-169, would also protect interracial unions by requiring states to recognize legal marriages regardless of “sex, race, ethnicity, or national origin.”
The topics of Perry’s books and articles have included American evangelicals and their social engagement, Christian nationalism, moral incongruence and religious responses to pornography use, religion and interracial marriage, Christian adoption and foster care, and English Bible translations.
Sen. Mike Braun said that the U.S. Supreme Court should have left the decision of whether to ban interracial marriage up to the states.