It was closer to 80%, and on a question of disapproval of[1], <i>not</i> illegality. I may disapprove of your misquoting stats, but that doesn&#x27;t mean I want you to go to jail for it. Also the majority of population lived in a state where interracial marriage was legal since before 1940, and by 1967 the only states that have miscegenation laws were the ones apt to fly Dixie. It was not so much about dragging against inertia, unless by inertia you mean stalemate—the South would never have repealed those laws.<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.gallup.com&#x2F;poll&#x2F;163697&#x2F;approve-marriage-blacks-whites.aspx" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.gallup.com&#x2F;poll&#x2F;163697&#x2F;approve-marriage-blacks-wh...</a>