What is Loving v. Virginia?
'''''Loving v. Virginia''''' was a unanimous 1967 [[United States Supreme Court]] (SCOTUS) ruling which held that U.S. states cannot forbid people of different races from marrying each other, overturning the 1883 SCOTUS ruling in ''[[Pace v. Alabama]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aclu.org/issues/racial-justice/loving|title=Loving|website=American Civil Liberties Union}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/388/1|title=Richard Perry LOVING et ux., Appellants, v. COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA.|website=LII / Legal Information Institute}}</ref> ''Loving v. Virginia'' was later used as inspiration for the 2015 SCOTUS ruling in ''[[Obergefell v. Hodges]]'', which held that U.S. states cannot forbid people from [[Same-sex marriage|marrying someone of the same sex]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.law.columbia.edu/news/archive/marriage-equalitys-debt-loving-v-virginia|title=Marriage Equality’s Debt to Loving v. Virginia|website=www.law.columbia.edu}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{multistub|US|politics}} [[Category:20th century in Virginia]] [[Category:1967 in the United States]] [[Category:United States Supreme Court cases]] [[Category:United States law]]