The central idea of the text shows that the Lovings' defiance of their wrongful conviction resulted in the rights of other interracial couples to marry.
This can be supported by the excerpt:
"That decision struck down the anti-miscegenation laws — written to prevent the mixing of the races — that were on the books at the time in more than a dozen states, including Virginia." ( Paragraph 3)
The author of the text presents a modern interracial couple to show that although the way the law treats interracial couples has changed, there has been no progress in the social acceptance of interracial couples.
We can arrive at these answers because:
- The Lovings were an interracial couple, who were banned from returning to their hometown because of their marriage, which was considered criminal.
- This was a very unfair case, as the Lovings didn't want to cause harm to anyone or even promote social changes, they just wanted the right to have their marriage recognized and legalized throughout the country.
- They evaded this case to the Supreme Court, which allowed interracial marriage to be legalized throughout the country.
The Lovings were very important because they promoted the legality of interracial marriage, however, society still has problems accepting this type of marriage, due to racism and intolerance that is still very strong.
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