We know what it looks like when the freedom to love is restricted. In the United States, interracial marriage wasn’t made legal until 1967 when the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Mildred and Richard Loving, a Black woman and a white man. Gay marriage was first legalized in 2001 in the Netherlands. In India, laws known as “Love Jihad” laws forbid a bride or groom from converting to their fiance’s religion. Its purpose? Discourage interfaith marriages, specifically between Muslim men and Hindu women. Without the freedom to choose who to marry, heartbreak, discrimination, and even imprisonment or death can follow.
