Lambda Legal Honors the Life of Mildred Loving

(New York, May 5, 2008) — Lambda Legal issued the following statement today from Kevin Cathcart, Executive Director at Lambda Legal on the passing of Mildred Loving:

"Mrs. Loving and her husband are a testament to the power of standing up for equality and fairness. Love always wins over hate and bigotry in the end — though the road to justice can be long.

Last year on the 40th anniversary of the Loving v. Virginia decision Mrs. Loving bravely stepped forward to include marriage equality for same-sex couples as part of her vision of equality. We are grateful for her leadership. Our thoughts are with her family today."

Mildred and her husband Richard Loving were plaintiffs in the landmark 1967 U.S. Supreme Court case Loving v. Virginia that struck down all laws that limited marriage by race, declared that marriage is a fundamental right and recognized people's right to choose whom to marry without governmental discrimination.

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