One of my favorite supreme court cases is Loving v. Virginia, and not just because it has a name that would delight any novelist. It's because it reminds me, when I'm downhearted, of the truth of the sentiment at the end of "Angels in America," Tony Kush-ner's brilliant play: "The world only spins forward." Here are the facts of the case, and if they leave you breathless with disbelief and rage it only proves Kushner's point, and mine: Mildred Jeter and Richard Loving got married in Washington, D.C. They went home to Virginia, there to be rousted out of their bed one night by police and charged with a felony. The felony was that Mildred was black and Richard was white and they were therefore guilty of miscegenation, which is a $10 word for bigotry.
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机译：我最喜欢的最高法院案件之一是《爱恋诉弗吉尼亚州案》，不仅仅是因为它的名字使任何小说家都感到高兴。这是因为它让我感到沮丧时，让我想起了托尼·库什纳（Tony Kushner）出色的戏剧《美国天使》（Angels in America）结束时的情感真相：“世界只会旋转。”这是案件的事实，如果他们让您难以置信和愤怒地喘不过气，那只能证明库什纳的观点和我的意思：米尔德雷德·杰特和理查德·罗文在华盛顿特区结婚。他们回到了弗吉尼亚州，被赶出了家他们一晚上被警察逮捕，并被判重罪。重罪是米尔德雷德是黑人，理查德是白人，因此他们犯了流产罪，这是一个10美元的偏执词。
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