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Sort of a general idea and a specific though about the history in it...

In the 1910s/1920s during the heyday of the KKK, a Christian Minister decides to openly spread a version of Christianity that follow tenets of the Klan called the Church of the Fiery Cross. In the South at least, this church whose religious tenets call for Negros to not even be treated as Human gains some following (maybe 50 churches across the Lower south by the beginning of WWII.)

By the 1960s, members of these churches challenge the civil rights laws on Religious grounds. Having to serve a Negro at my Restaurant or bake a cake for his wedding violates my religious freedom,etc. And Virginia v Loving gets much more interesting in enforcement among clerks who are members of CFC. Any idea which way the Supreme Court at the time is likely to go on this?


(Yes, this entire idea came from trying to setup a parallel for the current legal situation on Same Sex marriage to the African American Civil Right movement), but I'm curious as to how this might run legally...
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