What Loving Day Means To Me

Everyone is unique, and everyone has a personal reason to celebrate Loving Day! These are stories contributed by real people. You can contribute your own story, but make sure you login or register first.

Minerva

Posted April 22nd, 2010 by Minerva
State (if you are in the U.S.A): 
Outside of the U.S.A.
Province/Region/State (if you are outside of the U.S.A.): 
Guangdong
Country: 
China
Age: 
20
Occupation: 
Student

Loving Day is important to me beacause I believe it is a day when people are encouraged to pursue love freely.
There is a boy who loves me deeply. We appreciate many characters of each other.I shall admit
that he is the one who I would like to create a family with. But the problem is that he comes from
ruralarea although we study together in high school in urbanarea. My mum and most of my friends

Heather

Posted January 18th, 2010 by Heather
State (if you are in the U.S.A): 
Missouri
Country: 
United States
Age: 
36
Occupation: 
artist/photographer

Because of two brave people in love, who had the persistence and courage to fight the system of injustice so many years ago, I have the right to fall in love and eventually marry the man of my dreams. R. is black and I am white. We have been friends for 5 years and falling in love took us both by surprise. He is my everything and is the first man I've had a relationship with that makes me want to be a better woman. He has integrity and I admire the content of his character. I never "planned" to fall in love or marry outside of my race, but I also never "planned" not to, either.

Lanea E.

Posted October 1st, 2009 by Laneae
State (if you are in the U.S.A): 
Nebraska
Country: 
United States
Age: 
19
Occupation: 
Student

Loving Day to me means that I can marry the person that is perfect for me regardless of color or ethnic background. I love J so much and I can't imagine not being able to marry the man of my dreams someday. I am eternally grateful to those who have fought for this right for me.

James

Posted June 24th, 2009 by James
State (if you are in the U.S.A): 
California
Province/Region/State (if you are outside of the U.S.A.): 
Oakland, California
Country: 
United States
Age: 
32
Occupation: 
Yoga Instructor

On Saturday, June 13th, 2009, twenty singles and people in interracial relationships met up in the garden of our apartment in Oakland to grill up food, enjoy veggies from the garden, enjoy each others company, and to commemorate the Supreme Court decision that won us all the right to marry interracially. In a brief speech I gave some background about the Lovings and the battle they took all the way to the Supreme Court.

Nay K.

Posted May 18th, 2009 by KATO
Photo: 
Nay K..JPG
State (if you are in the U.S.A): 
Florida
Country: 
United States
Age: 
50
Occupation: 
Script Writer

I was born African American/Black. I believe that Racism & Prejudice starts in the home by parents and elders teaching young children to not play with or hang out with or specifically Not date or marry people of different skin color, races or nationalities. Also, it depends on what type of neighborhood a person is born into and grows up in.

Allen

Posted May 13th, 2009 by ankharris
Photo: 
IMG_0909.JPG
State (if you are in the U.S.A): 
Virginia
Age: 
47
Occupation: 
IT

Loving Day to me is more than just a day where people were permitted to marry that had previously been denied that right. I am a member of the Baha'i Faith. You will probably find more biracial marriages amongst Baha'is than any other faith. 'Abdu'l-Baha prophesied, when He visited the US in 1912, that one day black and white would intermarry freely in the US and that such would be commonplace, so Loving Day is prophesy fulfilled to us. As Baha'is, we beleive that humanity is all one race, and that when two people of different races and/or cultures marry, God smiles upon them.

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