And of course, let's not forget Loving v Virginia of 1967, in which the Supreme Court struck down a state law that criminalized marriages between black and white people.

A Virginia state judge had cited the Bible in his decision criminally convicting a couple for marrying across racial lines. He referred to very common Christian belief at the time that God did not intend the races to mix.

Quite rightfully, the Supreme Court struck that law down, in part recognizing that appealing to the Bible has no place in deciding the constitutionality of criminal laws.

I note that one of the justices of the Supreme Court today, battling almost constant charges of corruption, benefited directly from the Loving decision, as a black man who married a white woman.

I'll also note that this man called for striking down the Loving decision, while calling for overturning the decision that struck down a Texas law that criminalized gay people like me for having sex with one another in the privacy of our own bedrooms.

Everything old is new again. Apparently.