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Culture / 6 days ago

When love was still a crime: The 1966 U.S. map of interracial marriage bans

In 1966, the United States was still deeply divided on the most personal of civil rights, who you could marry. The map above shows how, even as much of the country had legalised interracial marriage, a swath of states, primarily in the South, still enforced laws that made it illegal for people of different races to wed.

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Culture / 7 weeks ago

No bride, no groom, no problem: The US states where marriage can happen without you

The idea of a wedding typically evokes images of two people standing together, exchanging vows, and sealing their union with a kiss. However, across the United States, the law doesn’t always require both spouses or even either spouse to be physically present. While most states demand both parties be present at the ceremony, a handful make room for marriage-by-proxy, and one state even allows both partners to be completely absent.

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