Spouse Rae Rose Cohen | Preceded by Richard R. G. Hobson Role Politician Succeeded by Brian J. Moran Name Bernard Cohen | |
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Alma mater City College of New YorkGeorgetown University Books Environmental Rights and Remedies/With Supplement Children Karen Cohen, Bennett Cohen Education George Washington University, City College of New York, Georgetown University Law Center | ||
Bernard S. "Bernie" Cohen (born January 17, 1934) is a politician and former Democratic member of the Virginia House of Delegates. Along with attorney Philip J. Hirschkop, Cohen argued (as a volunteer cooperating attorney for the ACLU) in April 1967 for the petitioners Richard and Mildred Loving in the case of Loving v. Virginia before the Supreme Court of the United States. In June 1967, the Court rendered its unanimous decision banning state laws against interracial marriage.
From 1980 to 1995, Cohen represented the 46th district, which includes a large portion of the City of Alexandria, .
He co-authored a blog entry in 2007 for the Huffington Post about the legal standing of same sex marriage.
Cohen has been portrayed as a character in multiple dramatizations of the Loving case. In the 1996 TV movie Mr. & Mrs. Loving, he was played by Corey Parker. In the 2016 film Loving, he is played by Nick Kroll.