History often repeats itself, especially when idiots fail to learn from it. So after reading this article on CNN today, I'm counting the hours till I see a court case titled "Loving v. Black Jack."The AP wire story says:
The [Black Jack, Missouri] City Council has rejected a measure allowing unmarried couples with multiple children to live together, and the mayor said those who fall into that category could soon face eviction.Olivia Shelltrack and Fondrey Loving were denied an occupancy permit after moving into a home in this St. Louis suburb because they have three children and are not married.
What caught my eye was the last name, Loving. That name is well known to civil rights attorneys... indeed to any attorney who didn't sleep through Constitutional Law class. Loving v. Virginia is one in a long line of aptly named lawsuits, a landmark 1967 civil rights case in which Virginia's ban on mixed race marriages was declared unconstitutional.How could the nitwits in Black Jack, MO, be so silly... this kind of bald-faced symmetry just won't work in Hollywood. It's too trite. I mean, come on! Maybe their twist will be that Black Jack will sue them to evict Loving and it can be Black Jack v. Loving. Or maybe a different plaintiff... somebody named Bumpkin? Yes... the Bigoted Bumpkins of Black Jack v. Loving has a nice ring to it.