I just read about something like that recently, a couple being thrown into jail in the US in the 1960s, for the 'crime' of being married and of being different

I just read about something like that recently, a couple being thrown into jail in the US in the 1960s, for the 'crime' of being married and of being different races. Edit: My mistake, it was 1958, but they took legal action in the 1960s (Loving vs Virginia, 1967), and despite the Supreme Court's ruling, some states kept such laws on the books as late as 2000 (Alabama), which is actually probably what you were referring to. The comment by the judge in 1958 is (almost) unbelievable: Almighty God created the races white, black, yellow, malay and red, and he placed them on separate continents. The fact that he separated the races shows that he did not intend for the races to mix. Presumably God wasn't as fussy about non-red races in the legal profession in North America.