Marriage Ban Quotes
This was passed after the Civil War had ended---during Reconstruction. Many states had similar laws until the Supreme Court challenges to them in the latter half of the 20th century.
Despite the fact that the Constitution prohibited this form of State Discrimination, every state practiced it. After WWII public attitudes began to change and the courts ordered the states to obey the law. It took almost 20 more years to get all states to obey the law.
Note that Alabama not only had a law against miscegenation but with this constitution made it illegal for a legislature in the future to ever legalize miscegenation. After the Supreme Court made anti-miscegenation laws illegal, Alabama had to amend this part of its constitution.
Could not be priests, friars, or deacons. In addition, Englishmen were prohibited from playing hurling, a wonderful Irish type of rough field hockey which is still the traditional Irish sport but played only in Ireland and New York (by the Irish immigrants). The Irish were considered an inferior culture and race in the concept of the time. See {639438}. The similarity of the prejudice of the English against the Irish parallels very closely that or the Southern American whites against the Negroes.
