PRINTER'S NO. 1991
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
398
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY SANTORA, HENNESSEY, DEAN, BIZZARRO, DAVIS,
READSHAW, CHARLTON, CALTAGIRONE, MILLARD, ROE, DONATUCCI,
FREEMAN, DiGIROLAMO, SCHWEYER, SONNEY, DUSH, SCHLOSSBERG,
ROZZI, V. BROWN, ROEBUCK, D. COSTA AND MURT, JUNE 13, 2017
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
JUNE 13, 2017
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing June 12, 2017, as "Loving Day" in Pennsylvania and
encouraging the residents of this Commonwealth to celebrate
the landmark 1967 United States Supreme Court ruling in
Loving v. Virginia, which struck down all antimiscegenation
laws.
WHEREAS, Mildred Jeter, a woman of African and Rappahannock
descent, and Richard Loving, a white man, met when Mildred was
11 years of age and Richard was 17 years of age; and
WHEREAS, Loving and Jeter grew up in Caroline County,
Virginia, where state laws forbade individuals of different
races to marry; and
WHEREAS, Interracial marriage was legal in Washington, DC,
and the couple married there in 1958; and
WHEREAS, The law in Virginia and 24 other states not only
forbade interracial marriage ceremonies, but also forbade
interracial couples from getting married elsewhere and returning
to the state; and
WHEREAS, Many states also restricted relationships between
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