Ukes
5/14/2009 11:55:00 PM
On Thu, 14 May 2009 08:30:03 -0700, Evolution <myname@rcn.com> wrote:
> Back then, marriage was defined as two people of the same race, and
>mixed marriage was an abomination and would destroy the institution of
>marriage.
That's not correct.
The racial restrictions on marriage were anti-miscegenation laws. The
perceived danger wasn't to marriage, it was race mixing. And the
racial restrictions didn't change the definition of marriage as a
union between one man and one woman, they were akin to an additional
prohibited degree, such as an uncle can't marry his niece (which is
permitted in some states).