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Only 40% of Mississippi Republicans Think Interracial Marriage Should Be Legal
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| Contributor | DFWDem |
| Last Edited | DFWDem Apr 07, 2011 11:16am |
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| Category | Poll |
| Author | Tom Head |
| News Date | Thursday, April 7, 2011 05:15:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Yeah, you read that right. Public Policy Polling's study of the 2011 Mississippi gubernatorial race found that a plurality (46%) of Mississippi Republicans want to ban interracial marriage, a minority (40%) want to keep it legal, and a small percentage (14%) are actually undecided.
Mississippi's law banning interracial marriage was rendered unenforceable when the Supreme Court handed down its ruling in Loving v. Virginia (1967), establishing that marriage is a civil right protected by the U.S. Constitution.
Mississippi has been in the news a great deal lately as Governor Haley Barbour refused to distance himself from a Sons of Confederate Veterans proposal that would honor a founding member of the KKK with a state commemorative license plate. His likely successor, incumbent lieutenant governor and GOP gubernatorial frontrunner Phil Bryant, rose to prominence by fabricating numbers that targeted undocumented immigrants as the source of Mississippi's budget woes. His current campaign is based on his opposition to the Voting Rights Act and his current proposal to hold two consecutive legislative elections rather than concede new majority-black districts as a result of the 2010 census. |
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