Loving Day.
June 11th, 2006
In a non-knitting aside, I thought I’d mention that June 12 is Loving Day for our American friends. Loving Day is the anniversary of Loving v. Virginia, which in 1967 reversed all the U.S. state laws outlawing interracial couples.
As someone in an interracial relationship, this celebration is especially meaningful for me, and is a chance for all of us–no matter where we live–to observe how far we’ve come in the global struggle for human rights and the recognition of equality among loving adult relationships…and how far some of us still have to go.
To learn more about Loving Day, visit lovingday.org.
7 Comments Add your own
1. DianaM | June 12th, 2006 at 9:46 pm
I didn’t know about June 12th, but I sure will add it to my calendar from now on.
As a child of an interracial marriage, currently dating a man of a different race, this is definitely a great celebration ^_^.
Thanks for posting it!!
2. che l | June 13th, 2006 at 10:50 pm
I will definately have to mark my calander for this thank you
3. Kimberly | June 18th, 2006 at 4:41 am
Thank you for posting about Loving Day. I am Filipino and my husband is Irish/Polish. We will be celebrating June 12th from now on, and will be spreading the word!
=:8
4. david_demchuk | June 18th, 2006 at 8:46 am
I’m glad that this has met with such positive response, both on here and in my inbox! It sounds like this should be a national–and international–holiday
5. Sneaksleep | June 25th, 2006 at 2:06 pm
Thank you for posting about this! I am also in an interracial relationship, and I will certainly remember to celebrate properly next year.
6. JEN | July 11th, 2006 at 5:53 pm
JESUS IS ALIVE AND HE LOVES YOU.
7. david_demchuk | July 11th, 2006 at 6:03 pm
Thank you, Jen, though sometimes when I’m knitting three together through the back loop and the yarn gets all splitty, it’s kind of hard to tell.
I’m grateful for the sentiment though, and I’m sure he loves you too. (But maybe not in all-caps.)
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