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pegkerr ([personal profile] pegkerr) wrote2003-10-08 06:46 am

Anti-Marriage Protection Week, Hurrah!

I don't have time to write a long post about this myself, but read John's post and read Aja's post and read Msscribe's post and do what they say. I have added Anti-Marriage Protection Week to my interests lists, and I'll be looking through the lists of suggestions for more things to do. Anyone have an icon for me?

I really REALLY loathe our President.

[identity profile] pegkerr.livejournal.com 2003-10-09 07:04 am (UTC)(link)
Ah, you are correct. I had mixed up in my mind the Plessy v. Ferguson decision with the Dred Scott decision. Dred Scott is the one I was thinking of that led to the Civil War (you'll remember that one: it declared that slaves who went North were not freed but must be returned to their owners). Both were dreadful decisions on the part of the Supreme Court, and both were eventually realized to be mistakes. The Plessy v. Ferguson was the one that the Civil Rights act of 1964 eventually addressed. Sorry for the confusion.

(I adore Supreme Court history, but it's been years since I took AP American History.)