Mildred Loving has died. She and her husband were arrested in the 1960s at their Virginia home for sleeping together. She was black, he was white. In the 1960s interracial marriage was illegal in Virginia. This brave couple took their case all the way to the US Supreme Court, and won. I owe them a personal debt of gratitude, as I directly benefited from their heroic fight. I have an interracial marriage. My husband and I were married in Virginia in 1999.

When I listen to Morrissey sing "I am hated for Loving" I always think of the Loving case. Thank you Mr. and Mrs. Loving for what you did for our country.

Obit: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/05/AR2008050502439_pf.html