1/3 of the states....gotcha. 2/3 to me means a majority.That easy, Studley! SCOTUS - Loving v. Virginia (1967). 16 States had anti-miscegenation statutes on the books and when the Loving's contested the Virginia statute, it was found violative of Amendment XIV's due process clause, and thereby allowing persons of different races to marry without obstruction and closing the books on all the other anti-miscegenation statutes in other States!
So....what's your point?
16 states out of 50 sounds like a minority. I'd be willing to bet my left nut most of those 16 states were controlled by......wait for it.........Democrats.
The point is your claim in post #130 was in error, not correct, FALSE! Here are the false claims in that post;
"Interracial marriage was popular to a majority. Southern Democrats (your party BTW) were pretty much last to sign on to it in the 60s
Nobody could prove any harm, so it became legal." [Emphasis Added]
Then in another post following to another down the line you challenged another. Obviously you figured that no one would recall Loving! But I'm an old guy with a not so bad memory.
1. You claimed that miscegenation was popular. There is no evidence of that at all, and your claim was false!
2. You claimed that Southern Democrats were the last to "sign on" to miscegenation. You failed to note that they were made moot by the Supremes on June 12, 1967, and your claim was false!
3.You claimed no harm came from miscegenation. You neglected to note the people serving time in many states back in the day because it was a crime in numerous States, and your claim was false!
4. You claimed miscegenation mystically and magically became legal without stating how because it would put the lie to your other assertions. The anti-miscegenation statutes across the nation were made moot by SCOTUS in Loving v. Virginia, June 12, 1967 and you claim was false!
Don't try to quibble about the number of States with anti-miscegenation laws and that "only" 1/3 of the States were violating the Constitutional rights of citizens because of their bigotry! That is totally irrelevant. You were wrong all the way around! Your claims were either irrelevant or in gross error!
Next time, don't try to baffle others with bullshit.
Which is what you're trying to do.....baffle me with bullshit.
You put a lot of words in my mouth.
Taking your obvious sarcasm aside, there was no mystical or magical reason it happened....and I never said it did.
Doesn't matter if you can find a Gallop poll that was "magically" provided to you by someone....about what everyone thought about mixed marriages back in 67', it was an average, not the same in every state. Obviously some states didn't believe in it(16), and the rest (34) didn't seem to give a shit, not enough to make a law banning it. So to me, that means most of America pretty much went along with it, no complaints. At least that was the way it was where I lived. You see.....every state is a little bit different. Move as much as I do and you discover this.
You're as intellectually bankrupt as they come. It's nothing to do with polls its about the anti-miscegenation laws in 1/3 of the States which were found unconstitutional, dipstick. You're just trying to change the narrative to avoid addressing you painfully obvious errors.
You find a single phrase you think you can twist to avoid admitting your blatant error. The point was and still is those anti-miscegenation statutes were unconstitutional AND you were WRONG, in ERROR and now one can easily attribute intellectual dishonesty to your character traits.
Sell it to someone who will buy it, prick.
Munches popcorn as once again Muddy is caught up in his claims and does his Fred Astaire routine trying to distract people from what he actually said.