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==Legal Limitations==

==Legal Limitations==

In the United States, all states have limited Civil Unions to just two people (e.g., the US does not recognize polygamy).   

In the United States, all states have limited Civil Unions to just two people (e.g., the US does not recognize [[polygamy]]).   

African-American marriages were not legally recognized in the [[United States]] until after the [[Civil War]], and mixed race couples were only allowed to marry in all areas of the U.S. after a 1967 decision in the [[United States Supreme Court]].<ref>[[Loving v. Virginia]]</ref> Before that time, 16 states prohibited [[interracial marriage]]. Disapproval of interracial relationships was once justified as divinely ordained, however most people today and all of the first world nations accept so-called "mixed" marriages, though there are some extremist groups which still oppose them.

African-American marriages were not legally recognized in the [[United States]] until after the [[Civil War]], and mixed race couples were only allowed to marry in all areas of the U.S. after a 1967 decision in the [[United States Supreme Court]].<ref>[[Loving v. Virginia]]</ref> Before that time, 16 states prohibited [[interracial marriage]]. Disapproval of interracial relationships was once justified as divinely ordained, however most people today and all of the first world nations accept so-called "mixed" marriages, though there are some extremist groups which still oppose them.