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∙ 6y agoHistorically, up to 30 states had anti-miscegenation laws on the books until the middle of the 20th Century. All the colonies and the colonies that became states had such laws. Pennsylvania was apparently the first state to allow interracial marriage around 1780.
States started repealing those laws after a 1948 California Supreme Court case declared the California law unconstitutional. In 1967, the laws in the remaining 17 states were rendered moot when the Federal Supreme Court declared anti-miscegenation laws unconstitutional. Although many laws remained on the books for a number of years afterwards, they were unenforceable.
Please see Discussion comments for a link to an interactive map of the United States showing the history of anti-miscegenation laws in each state.
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Did Christian theology prohibit interracial marriage?
The bible doesn't prohibit interracial marriage. It does, however, ban marriage with a individual who does not believe.
How many states currently still ban same sex marriage?
There are about 14 states that currently still ban same sex marriage.
When did Alabama lift ban on interracial Marriages?
The ban was lifted in 2000.
What is the Marriage Protection Amendment?
It is a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution that would ban same-sex marriage in all fifty states.
Why is a federal ban on same-sex marriage permissible?
The Supreme Courts of the United States, Mexico and Canada have all ruled that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry. In those countries, a federal ban on same-sex marriage is no longer permissible, except that the state bans in Mexico must be struck down one at a time. The right of states to ban same-sex marriage is currently on appeal to the Brazilian Supreme Court, after a lower court ruled that states cannot ban it. In other countries, a countrywide ban on same-sex marriage is permissible because marriage laws are uniform nationwide.
Does the 2012 platform of the Republican Party include marriage equality?
No. The national platform will not include same-sex marriage. The federal platform calls for defending the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, encouraging individual states to amend their constitutions to ban same-sex marriage and to amend the Constitution of the United States to ban same-sex marriage and thereby annul all such marriages that have taken place already.
What is the status of same-sex marriage rights today?
Approximately 35 states have an outright ban on same-sex marriage. Several have civil unions, while a few allow marriage.
Which US states have banned same-sex marriage?
Effective June 26, 2015, no US state or territory may ban same-sex marriage.
How does regional opposition to same-sex marriage today mirror regional opposition to interracial marriage in the previous century?
So-called "anti-miscegenation laws" that outlawed interracial marriage were justified by religious arguments taken from interpretations of Bible passages. The same is true of anti-gay marriage laws.Anti-miscegenation laws were either never passed or repealed before 1887 in the Northeast. The Northeast currently represents the largest cluster of states that have legalized same-sex marriage.The Deep South held on to its laws against interracial marriage until they were declared unconstitutional by the US Supreme Court in 1967 (Loving v. Virginia). The Deep South, together with the Midwest, is currently a major cluster of states that have banned same-sex marriage both by constitutional amendment and by statute.Three different times amendments to the US Constitution were proposed to ban interracial marriage in the entire country. These were proposed by legislators from Missouri, Georgia and South Carolina. A federal anti-gay marriage amendment has been discussed and legislators from those states would likely be among those to support it.Generally, the list of states that never had anti-miscegenation laws and those that were among the first to repeal them in the 19th century contains the names of states which have legalized same-sex marriage in the 21st century.Interestingly, Massachusetts enacted a law in 1913 to prevent residents of other states from circumventing anti-miscegenation laws by coming to marry in Massachusetts. That very same law was actually used against out-of-state same-sex couples until 2008 when it was repealed.
What does Barack Obama think about marriage amendment?
Obama opposes an amendment to the United States Constitution that would ban same-sex marriage. Mitt Romney supports it.
Does Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal support same-sex marriage?
Governor Jindal is opposed to same-sex marriage. He supports an amendment to the Constitution of the United States which would ban gay marriage.
Did the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit rule on the constitutionality of statewide bans on same-sex marriage?
No. The 5th Circuit has not ruled on whether individual states can ban same-sex marriage, although there is a case pending before it concerning Texas' ban.
