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H.Res. 431

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Recognizing the 40th anniversary of Loving v. Virginia legalizing interracial marriage within the United States.
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Passed
Latest Action · June 11, 2007
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Congress
110th (2007–2009)
Introduced
May 23, 2007
Cosponsors (15)
15D 0R
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(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Observes the 40th Anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Loving v. Virginia. Commemorates that case's legacy in: (1) ending the ban on interracial marriage in the United States; and (2) recognizing that marriage is one of the "basic civil rights of man" at the heart of the 14th Amendment protections.

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