I needs me some help!
Does anyone know anything about historical punishments for attempting to get interracially married or having interracial intercourse from when it was illegal, and punishments for trying to get married as gays in places where it's illegal now? And I need sources.
I'm hoping that it's considered a felony; trying to make an argument for allowing felons to vote for my debate case, and this is part of it.
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The big case on miscegenation laws: Loving v. Virginia.
Hope that helps. I know that the Lovings (an interracial couple) actually received a sentence for being married. Not sure if it was a felon, however.
Thanks, I managed to find what I needed from there.
The Loving case was considered a felony, by the way, if you're curious; they were exiled for 25 years instead of a 1 year of prison, and a felony includes any crime with a jail sentence of 1 year or more.
Should form part of the base for a solid case.
Yeah, I read about the 25 year exile. It's so damn medieval. "You are hereby banished from the Kingdom of Virginia for no less than twenty-five years! Begone!"
It made me laugh.
Not sure if relevant, but Alan Turing, father of modern computing and cracker of the German enigma code was arrested and charged as a homosexual, as this was illegal in Britain in the 50's (Crazy). Had his security clearance revoked, and a choice of "Treatment" or prison. Either way, this cryptographic war hero became a felon, simply because of his sexual orientation.
More info on wikipedia.
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Verification word = vatedi (Italian soft toy?)
It's capital punishment in many countries, and life in prison in many others. And that's today. Back in the old days you could be stoned or burned at the stake.
Didn't realize you were still reading my blog, Alistair. Which one are you talking about, interracial marriage or gay marriage?
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