Loving v. Virginia was a case that made interracial marriage …show more content…
Hodges and Loving v. Virginia that were similar. In both cases the petitioners traveled out of state to marry. Upon returning, they were both deprived of their personal liberties. Although the liberty is different specifically, both were charged under the Due Process Clause. Both their states were depriving them of either justice or discrimination, which in return is why both petitioners in each case fought back against their state to fight for their rights. The case of Loving v. Virginia changed what the concept of marriage was. Marriage was first between a man and a woman of the same race. That is what marriage stood for in the early years, no interchanging races. However with this case, interracial marriage became legal. What was once forbidden and different became normal. This opened the door for change, and showed that changing marriage, something that had been around for ages was possible. With Obergefell v. Hodges, the concept of marriage was also changed, two people of the same- sex can now marry each other. The talk of making interracial marriage legal impacted how the ruling of Obergefell v. Hodges turned out. People realized that steering away from the traditional concept of marriage in the 21st century was completely acceptable and that same-sex marriage could be the next step. Same as in Loving v. Virginia, Obergefell v. Hodges also had a connection between marriage and liberty, which made it easier for the court to …show more content…
Virginia was a major factor that influenced the court’s decision in the Obergefell v. Hodges case. This is important to know because it shows how everything that is decided is influenced by a past. It was important to know that a case like Loving v. Virginia existed, because it influenced the final decision. The case of Obergefell v. Hodges recently changed the lives of many. It changed the concept of something that had stood for one thing only for many years. Marriage now can be between a man and woman or between same-sex people. Loving v. Virginia wasn’t the only case that influenced the ruling of this case; other cases like Lawrence v. Texas, which made same-sex sexual activity in every state legal also affected this case. In the future, knowing that cases from the past can affect current ones can change the way judge’s rule in a