I am responding to the opinion column that found its way into the Wednesday edition of the Daily entitled “White male, white female: Keep it the way God intended.”

First of all, I would like to congratulate Trevor Boeckmann. Glenn Beck has found a prodigy — he should be calling you any day now with a regular spot on his show, “Let’s Hate on the Liberal Atheists,” or whatever it is he’s up to these days.

I would also like to delve a little deeper into the facts Mr. Boeckmann presented.

– The California Supreme Court Justice — John W. Shenk — served at that position from 1924 to 1959.

The quote used in Mr. Boeckmann’s article is from Shenk’s dissenting opinion in the case Perez v. Sharp (1948), a decision that broke down California’s anti-miscegenation laws.

Another quote from Shenk’s opinion reads, “Many courts in this country have assumed that human beings can be judged by race and that other races are inferior to the Caucasian.”

The “…” part of the quote in Mr. Boeckmann’s article is pretty interesting too, but I’ll leave that for the more curious readers.

– The original decision in Loving v. Virginia sentenced an interracial couple to a year in prison because they broke the state’s anti-miscegenation law.

The resulting Supreme Court case — settled in 1967 — led to a 9-0 decision that the law was unconstitutional, thus ending legal restrictions on interracial marriage in America.

– I would like to reiterate that the 1968 study from the Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease was published in 1968; that was when homosexuality was still considered a mental disorder.

– I will leave it up to the reader, but I believe that only one of the quoted Bible passages, Deuteronomy, mentions anything relevant to interracial marriage — and for me, that is even a stretch.

It is important to look at where information you receive comes from.

In Mr. Boeckmann’s case, all arguments presented are from sources that are at least 40 years old.

That’s not to mention that the two referenced court cases overturned anti-miscegenation laws. You would think that an argument based on solid theory could come up with sources a bit newer — and in the majority — than that. Wouldn’t you?

America has changed since the ’60s, Mr. Boeckmann — I suggest you get with the times. Oh wait, you don’t have to — you’ve got a job with Glenn Beck lined up.

Paul Perkins is a senior in Chemical Engineering