They finally got rid of it in 2000 and even then about 40% of them voted to keep the ban.
They sure seem to love their conservative "traditional values" down there.
http://archives.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/11/07/alabama.interracial/
2007-05-11 11:59:25 · 6 answers · asked by trovalta_stinks_2 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
yes many people who support 'traditional values' are very upset by this.
but legally interracial marriage has been legal since '78 in all states.
2007-05-11 12:37:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, there are a few state that refuse to accept that the Confederacy lost the war, that Johnson signed the Civil Rights bill, Lincoln freed the slaves and that all people of color have the same rights as they do.
We call them "developing states"... They haven't quite caught up with the 21st century yet
2007-05-11 12:07:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, many of them think it's the year 200 not 2000.
2007-05-12 08:33:28 · answer #3 · answered by BOOM 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It was obviously liberals. Southern Democrats were against it. That is why Nixon came up with the "Southern Strategy" of wooing southern racists to vote for the Republican party based on fear of being forced by the Federal Government to accept blacks.
2016-05-21 00:06:47 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ah yes... because the liberals in the Fed Government threatened to withhold funds unless they voted for it !!
Oh, I'm inter-racially married
2007-05-11 12:14:35 · answer #5 · answered by mariner31 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
wow, that was weird!
2007-05-11 12:10:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋