Virginia is for Lovers

June 12 is Loving Day! On this day in 1967 interracial marriage became legal across the United States with the Supreme Court's ruling against anti-miscegenation legislation (such as Virginia's Racial Integrity Act) in Loving v. Virginia. "Under our Constitution," Chief Justice Earl Warren wrote in his decision, "the freedom to marry or not marry a person of another race resides with the individual and cannot be infringed upon by the state." Richard Loving was killed in a 1975 car accident; Mildred Loving died last month. The couple had three children, eight grandchildren, and eleven great-grandchildren.

JELLOquence?

I thought I had heard it all when it came to sound-bites from NYU spokesman John Beckman. But today he outdid himself with this quote (via Gothamist) about the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by a student who broke his hip at an NYU Jell-O wrestling event. "This case broke the mold," Beckman told The Daily News, "But all in all, we believe justice was served sweetly."