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<v Richard Loving>What you think, like it?</v>

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I'm gone build you a house right here.

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Our house.

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Would you marry me?

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<v ->Richard and Mildred Loving were two people</v>

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that loved each other

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and they didn't understand why the rest

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of the world couldn't see it.

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<v ->I'm gonna take Mildred up to D.C. to get married.</v>

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<v ->You sure about that?</v>

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<v ->He was white and she was black</v>

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and our government told them

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that they could not love each other.

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<v ->Richard and Mildred basically fell into a hot situation</v>

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because they happened to just have a pure love

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for each other.

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<v ->Could you imagine that they came up</v>

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against many obstacles.

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<v ->I now pronounce you husband and wife.</v>

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(door breaking)

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<v ->There they are!</v>

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<v ->Richard!</v>

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<v ->What you doing in bed with that woman?</v>

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<v ->I'm his wife.</v>

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<v ->That's no good here.</v>

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<v ->Sheriff Brooks represents what people thought</v>

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that was the law and the status quo.

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<v ->Richard Perry Loving being a white person</v>

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and Mildred Jeter being a colored person

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did unlawfully cohabitate as man and wife.

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<v ->Richard?</v>

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<v ->That my wife!</v>

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<v ->Mildred was kept in jail over three days</v>

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of her weekend when she was super broken.

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<v ->Both of the accused leave Carolina County</v>

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and the state of Virginia at once.

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<v ->When they were forced to move to D.C.,</v>

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I think that was a very painful shift in her life.

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(phone ringing)

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<v Bernard Cohen>Hello Mrs. Loving,</v>

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my name is Bernard Cohen,

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the American Civil Liberties Union,

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We'd like to help with your case.

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<v ->Now they were fighting for ending the idea</v>

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of being able to ban interracial marriage.

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<v ->I believe this is a court battle</v>

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that could go all the way to the Supreme Court.

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<v ->There's no guarantee we can get them out</v>

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if they get arrested again.

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<v ->They risked the lives of their children,</v>

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their family, theirselves.

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<v ->I'll move them back to the country,</v>

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I don't care what they do to us.

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<v ->They opened the doors for so many other people</v>

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to love who they love.

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<v ->It wasn't about a civil rights movement,</v>

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it was about just two people loving each other

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and willing to do whatever it takes to be together.

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<v ->But I couldn't take care of you.</v>

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<v ->I know that.</v>

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<v ->I love this story.</v>

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It's certainly become far more known

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in the past few years in the more recent Supreme Court case

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around marriage equality.

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<v ->Anytime that we can be reminded</v>

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of the elegance and the simple beauty of love,

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it's a good thing.

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<v ->You realize this case could alter the Constitution</v>

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of the United States?

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<v ->You think you'll lose?</v>

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<v ->We may lose us small battles,</v>

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but win the big war.

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<v ->Is there anything you'd like me to say</v>

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to the Supreme Court justices of the United States?

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<v ->Yeah.</v>

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Tell the judge I love my wife.

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(gentle piano music)