Bernard S. Cohen was born on 17 January 1934 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was married to Rae Rose and Rae. He died on 12 October 2020 in Fredericksburg, Virginia, USA.
He served in the Virginia House of Delegates for 16 years, where he worked to impose restrictions on indoor smoking, over strong pressure from the tobacco lobby. He also worked on measures strengthening the rights of terminally ill patients to decline certain life-prolonging treatments.
The decision in Loving brought enough to encompass the principle involved in the same-sex marriage case. Because the constitutional principle involved is the same, the right to marry is a constitutionally protected right of liberty. I think it's that easy. [commenting on the US Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges legalizing same-sex marriage, in which Loving v. Virginia was cited as precedent]