Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.
The Supreme Court is expected to rule on the Prop 8 case in just a matter of weeks. That decision could determine whether states have the right to ban same-sex marriages. 46 years ago today, the court made another landmark ruling regarding marriage in a case known as Loving v. Virginia
The case was brought by a married couple, appropriately named Richard and Mildred Loving. They were convicted in their home state of Virginia of violating laws prohibiting interracial marriage.
Those laws were determined to be unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in a 1967 decision.
Philip Hirschkop was a young lawyer just a couple years out of law school when he represented the Lovings in this case. He joins the show with more.