Comparing Loving's, Mildred And Richard

It isn’t right to be accused of loving someone. It is unfair and unjust. To further explain, we live in a world where we are free to love whomever we want. In this case the story of the Loving’s, Mildred and Richard. They’re ten year struggle to prove that interracial marriage isn’t wrong was the first step that teaches us how love is not a matter of court but of heart. This as well sets an example and provides for future cases such as gay marriage that affect us today.

The case Loving vs Virginia was between a black women who loved a white man. Their home life was once a peaceful sanctuary. Then one day they were kicked out from the premises of their own home and jailed. When they were evicted and jailed at the time in 1957, in the time where Mildred Loving was 17 and Richard Loving was 23. They were released but they were not allowed to be considered married and live together in their home in Virginia. They were, however, allowed to visit. In the meantime ,they were permitted to live together in Washington, but the Loving’s had been secretly living in King & Queen County in Virginia. They didn’t want to leave the safety and comfort of their own home

Time was the factor that dragged the case for over 10 years. It was the time that it took to get their course to the national judicial branch. What made this movie stand out were the little things happening in the background; the children playing in the yard, the bystanders outside the court, and the people who put themselves on the line for this case. Nothing about reality would’ve changed if a black person married a white person. It complies with the same love as a white couple. No one rights of loving someone who doesn’t have the power to control something as powerful as an emotion to suit the needs of the state. To summarize, in a way Richard loving put it when he was asked from his attorney what to say about his statement he said, “Just tell them I love my