Marshall Sonenshine : Equality won for same-sex marriage , but it was far from a slam dunk . well , democracy still working its virulent ways , including at the court , whose members of its right flank were knitting angrily in their chambers . In 1967 , court ruled 9-0 in Loving that interracial marriage ban was unconstitutional . The Supreme Court later struck down the law as discriminatory and ordered states to recognize marriages between people of different races or ethnicities.
Marshall Sonenshine : Equality won for same-sex marriage , but it was far from a slam dunk . In 1967 , court ruled 9-0 in Loving that interracial marriage ban was unconstitutional . The Supreme Court later struck down the law as discriminatory and ordered states to recognize marriages between people of different races or ethnicities.