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Master Don Juan
for information on marriages you can go here :
http://www.religioustolerance.org/hom_marr.htm
Prior to the civil war African-Americans were not allowed to marry in many areas of the U.S. (See the quotation mentioned above.) After the war, marriage was redefined to include African-Americans.
bullet In the early 19th century, the Mormon Church, and later the territory of Utah, redefined marriage to include polygyny: plural marriage of one man to multiple women.
bullet In 1890, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- at least temporarily -- suspended polygyny. The definition of marriage returned to its earlier state of a union of one man and one woman. Polygyny continues among fundamentalist Mormon denominations in the state of Utah, in one area of British Columbia, Canada, with essentially no government interference.
bullet Prior to 1967, at least sixteen states prohibited mixed race couples from marrying. During that year, a U.S. Supreme Court decision -- "Loving v. Virginia" -- redefined marriage throughout the country to also include unions of persons of different races. Two years later, the state of Virginia adopted the travel slogan "Virginia is for Lovers." Few people apparently noticed the irony.
http://www.religioustolerance.org/hom_marr.htm
Prior to the civil war African-Americans were not allowed to marry in many areas of the U.S. (See the quotation mentioned above.) After the war, marriage was redefined to include African-Americans.
bullet In the early 19th century, the Mormon Church, and later the territory of Utah, redefined marriage to include polygyny: plural marriage of one man to multiple women.
bullet In 1890, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- at least temporarily -- suspended polygyny. The definition of marriage returned to its earlier state of a union of one man and one woman. Polygyny continues among fundamentalist Mormon denominations in the state of Utah, in one area of British Columbia, Canada, with essentially no government interference.
bullet Prior to 1967, at least sixteen states prohibited mixed race couples from marrying. During that year, a U.S. Supreme Court decision -- "Loving v. Virginia" -- redefined marriage throughout the country to also include unions of persons of different races. Two years later, the state of Virginia adopted the travel slogan "Virginia is for Lovers." Few people apparently noticed the irony.