This Week's Opening Thought: June 12, 2023

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This week's opening thought: Today is the 56th anniversary of the 1967 United States Supreme Court decision Loving v. Virginia, which struck down all anti-miscegenation laws remaining in sixteen U.S. states.

Today is also the seventh anniversary of the mass shooting at Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida, which led to the murder of 49 people.

A celebration and a somber observation.

Separate events steeped in generational trauma and hate crimes.

That's as U.S. American as apple pie.