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- Birth nameBernard Sol Cohen
- Bernard S. Cohen was born on January 17, 1934 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was married to Rae Rose and Rae. He died on October 12, 2020 in Fredericksburg, Virginia, USA.
- SpousesRae Rose(1959 - October 12, 2020) (his death, 2 children)Rae(1949 - October 12, 2020) (his death, 2 children)
- 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.
- Attorney (who along with fellow lawyer Philip J. Hirschkop) served as, co-counsel in Loving v. Virginia. The Supreme Court's landmark unanimous ruling in that case in 1967 struck down bans on interracial marriage.
- He earned an economics degree from the City College of New York, and worked at the Labor Department while studying law at Georgetown University.
- His father, a furrier, was from Romania, and his mother was from Latvia.
- He was an attorney who represented Richard and Mildred Loving before the US Supreme Court in their case against the Commonwealth of Virginia in 1967. They had been arrested for violating a Virginia state ban on interracial marriage. His co-counsel was Philip Hirschkop.
- 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]
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