On this day in 1967, The Supreme Court ruled in Loving v. Virginia that bans on interracial marriage were unconstitutional. The case, sparked by the arrest of Mildred and Richard Loving, affirmed that love knows no color — and that the freedom to marry is a fundamental civil right. | The Legal Defense Fund

On June 12, 1967, in the case of Loving v. Virginia, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down bans on interracial marriage in more than a dozen states. Close to 50 years later, that same basic right to marriage was extended to Americans who wanted to marry a partner of the same sex. While there is a libertarian case to keep government out of marriage, if it is extended to some, it must be extended to all — as this video, filmed soon before the Obergefell case went before SCOTUS, explains. | The Cato I