GOP Voters in Mississippi want to ban inter-racial marriage.

[james&olya 1,121]

Despite the fact that the number of interracial marriages in the U.S. reached an all-time high this year, there are many who still believe that mixed-race marriage is unacceptable and should be made illegal, according to a new report.

On Monday, polling firm Public Policy Polling (PPP) revealed that 29 percent of likely GOP voters surveyed in Mississippi believe that interracial marriage should be illegal. Fifty-four percent said intermarriage should remain legal, and the rest responded that they weren't sure. The survey also found that 21 percent of likely GOP voters polled in Alabama believe that interracial marriage should be illegal.

Although the last U.S. anti-miscegenation laws were lifted more than four decades ago in 1967, many mixed-race couples in the Deep South are still struggling to feel safe and be accepted in their communities.

In November 2011, Stella Harville and her fiance, Ticha Chikuni, a native of Zimbabwe, were banned from a Kentucky church for being an interracial couple. The church also ruled that married interracial couples could be prohibited from becoming members. A month later, the congregation overturned their decision, deeming their earlier ruling "discriminatory."

And in May 2011, Debra Dodd, a former church secretary from Tennessee, was fired, she claims, after the all-white church where she worked learned she married a black man. The church has denied that her firing was related to her interracial marriage, but Dodd sued the church in December 2011 for racial discrimination. No updates on the lawsuit have been reported.

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Edited March 14, 2012 by james&olya

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It is truly sorry and narrow minded that some feel that interracial marriage is unacceptable

[luckytxn 2,265]

Almost as bad as when the Democrats did ban Interracial marriage.

[james&olya 1,121]

Almost as bad as when the Democrats did ban Interracial marriage.

And now, thanks to Nixon's 'southern strategy', the GOP now has those former democrats who were the driving force behind those laws! Looks like Santorum is their man!

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Despite the fact that the number of interracial marriages in the U.S. reached an all-time high this year, there are many who still believe that mixed-race marriage is unacceptable and should be made illegal, according to a new report.

On Monday, polling firm Public Policy Polling (PPP) revealed that 29 percent of likely GOP voters surveyed in Mississippi believe that interracial marriage should be illegal. Fifty-four percent said intermarriage should remain legal, and the rest responded that they weren't sure. The survey also found that 21 percent of likely GOP voters polled in Alabama believe that interracial marriage should be illegal.

Although the last U.S. anti-miscegenation laws were lifted more than four decades ago in 1967, many mixed-race couples in the Deep South are still struggling to feel safe and be accepted in their communities.

In November 2011, Stella Harville and her fiance, Ticha Chikuni, a native of Zimbabwe, were banned from a Kentucky church for being an interracial couple. The church also ruled that married interracial couples could be prohibited from becoming members. A month later, the congregation overturned their decision, deeming their earlier ruling "discriminatory."

And in May 2011, Debra Dodd, a former church secretary from Tennessee, was fired, she claims, after the all-white church where she worked learned she married a black man. The church has denied that her firing was related to her interracial marriage, but Dodd sued the church in December 2011 for racial discrimination. No updates on the lawsuit have been reported.

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Public Poling Policy is a Dem hack job. Google them.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Despite the fact that the number of interracial marriages in the U.S. reached an all-time high this year, there are many who still believe that mixed-race marriage is unacceptable and should be made illegal, according to a new report.

On Monday, polling firm Public Policy Polling (PPP) revealed that 29 percent of likely GOP voters surveyed in Mississippi believe that interracial marriage should be illegal. Fifty-four percent said intermarriage should remain legal, and the rest responded that they weren't sure. The survey also found that 21 percent of likely GOP voters polled in Alabama believe that interracial marriage should be illegal.

Although the last U.S. anti-miscegenation laws were lifted more than four decades ago in 1967, many mixed-race couples in the Deep South are still struggling to feel safe and be accepted in their communities.

In November 2011, Stella Harville and her fiance, Ticha Chikuni, a native of Zimbabwe, were banned from a Kentucky church for being an interracial couple. The church also ruled that married interracial couples could be prohibited from becoming members. A month later, the congregation overturned their decision, deeming their earlier ruling "discriminatory."

And in May 2011, Debra Dodd, a former church secretary from Tennessee, was fired, she claims, after the all-white church where she worked learned she married a black man. The church has denied that her firing was related to her interracial marriage, but Dodd sued the church in December 2011 for racial discrimination. No updates on the lawsuit have been reported.

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Despite the fact that firearms ownership is at an all time high, increasing 32% just since Obama has taken office, a larger number of Democrats in California think our right to bear arms should be restricted.

There are idiots everywhere, they walk freely among us. It is a free country and we cannot control that some people think our rights should be taken away because of their personal predudices and ignorance. That is WHY we have rights. Fortunately our right to marry someone of a different race is not subject to the thoughts of others and such things as this article are just a silly excerise to prove that..what? Some people are idiots? Yes,is is true.

People should repsect the rights of all even if they do not personally agree.

Edited March 14, 2012 by Gary and Alla

[james&olya 1,121]

Despite the fact that firearms ownership is at an all time high, increasing 32% just since Obama has taken office, a larger number of Democrats in California think our right to bear arms should be restricted.

There are idiots everywhere, they walk freely among us. It is a free country and we cannot control that some people think our rights should be taken away because of their personal predudices and ignorance. That is WHY we have rights. Fortunately our right to marry someone of a different race is not subject to the thoughts of others and such things as this article are just a silly excerise to prove that..what? Some people are idiots? Yes,is is true.

People should repsect the rights of all even if they do not personally agree.

Yes, there are idiots walking everywhere among us eager to take away our rights! It will not affect me that right now homosexuals are deprived of a fundamental right, the right to marry (though it does affect some very extended family members) because of prejudice. But it is important that we stand together to protect the rights of all or we may someday find ourselvespart of a minority in danger of losing our own rights!

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Allowing homosexuals to marry is a fundamental right?

[james&olya 1,121]

Allowing homosexuals to marry is a fundamental right?

Only if you are homosexual!

[ready4ONE 5,400]

Public Poling Policy is a Dem hack job. Google them.

I would suspect a poll of Democratic voters in the South would return similar numbers.

[ready4ONE 5,400]

Allowing homosexuals to marry is a fundamental right?

I would say it falls right in under "Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."

[Obama 2012 1,714]

eh, if Mississippi wants to be so backwards, let them.... I wouldn't live there...

[luckytxn 2,265]

And now, thanks to Nixon's 'southern strategy', the GOP now has those former democrats who were the driving force behind those laws! Looks like Santorum is their man!

Totally agree. Santorum will go over well in the south.

I would suspect a poll of Democratic voters in the South would return similar numbers.

It will, the KKK is real big in the Democratic party.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

And now, thanks to Nixon's 'southern strategy', the GOP now has those former democrats who were the driving force behind those laws! Looks like Santorum is their man!

Since they did not survey Dems we do not know that for a fact. The southern state legislatures are still dominated by Dems and that is where such laws come from

At any rate my comment remains unchanged. we have rights because of people that would take them away with the force of the government. I do not see it as any wore that one person wants to limit who I can marry and another wants to limit what I can drive, eat, have in the way of firearms. How is one violation of rights better than another?

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

I would suspect a poll of Democratic voters in the South would return similar numbers.

But for some reason (???) they only polled white GOP voters. So strange.

why not just poll white people and then just for fun, poll some southern black people and see how they feel about it.

For real fun, we could poll southern black Democrat women and ask them what they think about interracial marriage.