Immigrants and the Right to Marry

The Supreme Court decided Loving v. Virginia, which struck down Virginia’s ban on interracial marriage, 40 years ago.  Debates over same sex marriage have raged in recent years.  It turns out that the issue of marriage of undocumented immigrants has become an issue too.  Dan Kowalski on the “Just News” Blog wrote today about “A federal judge in Pennsylvania ruled yesterday against a county official who denied a marriage license to a couple because the groom-to-be was an illegal immigrant. The judge, A. Richard Caputo, said the official had violated the couple’s `fundamental right to marry.'”   dan posts links to the ruling and to a N.Y. Times article by JULIA PRESTON.

KJ