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Brown, Herbert C., Jr., History Doesn’t Repeat Itself, But it Does Rhyme- Same-Sex Marriage: Is the African American Community the Oppressor This Time?. S.U. L. Rev. 169-200 (2007).
The author compares the arguments against same-sex marriage with the arguments used to oppose interracial marriage. The article begins by recounting the history of miscegenation laws and their ultimate demise in Loving v. Virginia [388 U.S. 1 (1967)]. Then, after a brief history of same-sex marriage case law, the author demonstrates similarities between this debate and miscegenation laws, focusing on the application of the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the U.S. Constitution. The article concludes with a comparison of the African-American community’s unfavorable reaction to the comparison.
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