Catholic+Interracial+Council+of+Los+Angeles+advocacy+(1946+on)

__Even Dankowicz__ Catholic Interracial Council of Los Angeles

The Catholic Interracial Council of Los Angeles (CICLA) was started in 1946 (Pascoe).

In 1948, the Catholic Interracial Council of Los Angeles brought to court the case of Andrea Perez and Sylvester Davis, an interracial latino and black couple. //Perez v. Sharp// resulted in the end of anti-miscegenation laws in California (Romano 39). The president of CICLA was their lawyer; the case was won by the argument that " marriage is 'something more than a civil contract subject to regulation by the State; it is a fundamental right of free men'” (Destro).

The CICLA argued that anti-miscegenation laws violated the first amendment. They also argued there was no scientific basis for racial separation, and that interracial sex or marriage was "natural, perhaps even especially tempting" (Pascoe).

During the second World War, the CICLA also argued for loyal Japanese citizens or immigrants to be returned from detention camps (//Modesto Bee and News-Herald//).

Works Cited Destro, Robert A. “Catholics Lead Effort to Overturn Bans on Interracial Marriage.” Catholics for the Common Good. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Oct. 2013. <[]>. Modesto Bee and News-Herald 12 Oct. 1944. Newspapers.com. Web. 20 Oct. 2013. <[]>. Pascoe, Peggy. “Why the Ugly Rhetoric against Gay Marriage Is Familiar to This Historian of Miscegenation.” History News Network. George Mason University, Apr. 2004. Web. 20 Oct. 2013. <[|http://hnn.us/article/4708#]>. Romano, Renee Christine. Race Mixing: Black-White Marriage in Postwar America. N.p.: Harvard UP, 2009. Google Books. Web. 20 Oct. 2013. <[|http://books.google.com/books?id=bMaRoLzuRwgC&pg=PA39&lpg=PA39&dq=%22Catholic+Interracial+Council+of+Los+Angeles%22&source=bl&ots=A6qCJXxlRZ&sig=f3zxoLbaKzQcp03uA2iaxYJrxWo&hl=en&sa=X&ei=5cpfUsUv4rjbBbPHgZAL&ved=0CDcQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=%22Catholic%20Interracial%20Council%20of%20Los%20Angeles%22&f=false]>. \