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Which claim about the state of Virginia formed the basis for the Supreme Court's decision in Loving v. Virginia?
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It violated the Equal Protection Clause because not all couples had the same right to marry.
It violated the Due Process Clause because the government cannot deprive an individual of rights.
It denied its citizens of their First Amendment freedoms of speech and assembly.
It denied its residents of voting rights guaranteed by the Fifteenth Amendment.
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Answer: A: It violated the Equal Protection Clause because not all couples had the same right to marry.

Explanation: In Loving v. Virginia, the Supreme Court ruled that Virginia's law banning interracial marriage violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment because it denied the couple, Richard and Mildred Loving, the same right to marry as other couples solely on the basis of their race.