You are getting downvoted, but there are obviously tens (hundreds??) of millions of people of faith--not just Christians--who would instantly reject any product with a demon as its mascot.
That's not a systematic bias. The senate was DESIGNED from the beginning to be immune to population differences: each state gets two senators, regardless of population. It was one of the compromises that convinced the small states to join the union in the first place.
Congress is limited to what it can legislate with the remainder defaulting back into the jurisdiction of the states as part of the Federalism system of checks and balances.
Check out Article 1 Section 8 of the United States Constitution, which enumerates the primary law-making jurisdictions of Congress.
Pace v Alabama was from 1883. Perez v Sharp was a California case from 1948--an odd case to cite since it had no controlling authority outside of California.
Regardless, Loving v Virginia (1967) was decided by unanimous decision--and that's back in the 60's--just three years after the passage of the Civil Rights Act. I don't know of anyone seriously suggesting that the holding in Loving is in jeopardy today; it's literally the direct application of the 14th Amendment.
Pace v. Alabama rejected equal protection as justification. Perez, then later Loving, are relevant because they overturn that on the basis of due process as well - Perez being the first, Loving being the highest. You can't get Loving on equal protection alone; you certainly can't get Obergefell or Lawrence.
The parent asked why equal protection is not sufficient to protect interracial marriage. I answered. You don't like the answers, either:
a) Make a legal argument. To the extent you agree with this current decision, "it's old" lends it strength. But "it's old" isn't actually a legal argument, despite what the Supreme Court thinks. (That's how you know their purported theories of jurisprudence are bullshit.)
b) Make a real moral argument not rooted in made-up shit like textualism - and admit moral arguments for abortion rather than hiding behind "this is just jurisprudence."
Improvements in car seats would be my guess. Plus, vehicles were required by law to include special latches for anchoring car seats starting around the early 2000's. It was surprisingly tricky to properly install a car seat before those latches.
Figure 10-20 years for old cars to get swapped out for new ones and we're probably at a point now where most cars are equipped with those latches.
What was it like to use a BBS? In a word: awesome.
I was lucky enough to go to middle school in the late 80's with a kid who loved computers even more than I did and actually ran his own BBS on a 286 with a 20? megabyte hard drive. I asked my dad if he could bring home a modem from work. He delivered--I have a memory of 4800 baud, but that could be wrong). I dialed my friend's number and the rest was history.
The BBS experience consisted of three things:
First, trying to log in. A BBS was just somebody's computer attached to a private phone line. The more popular the BBS, the longer you had to wait until you connected. Luckily, ZModem had a redial feature. (Years later, my college would require us to call in to register for classes over the phone with long wait times and I used ZModem to auto-redial until I got in). Sysops would also limit users' time online to a set number of minutes to make sure everyone got a chance. The computer clocked your time. When your time ran out, the computer booted you and you couldn't log back in until 12:01 AM.
Second, the door games. Damn I miss those door games. You could log in and select from a whole host of games against other players. I lived for online Risk! God only knows how many games I played. I also played a little resource game called Space Dynasty and occasionally this other space 4X called Space Dominion or something that might have been programmed by the Sysop and his friend.
Third, the discussion boards. Think Hacker News, but with people from around town. Remember, they're locals because nobody wanted to pay the long distance fees. I actually met some of the people on the BBS. One of them even ran a competing BBS that I occasionally visited. People also played role playing games that way and conducted entire campaigns with strangers. Today, that's normal game play, but in 1988 it felt like stepping into a science fiction movie.
A good BBS honestly felt like a community. The identity you created for yourself mattered in those forums.
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