LAND OF THE FREE?

A suburban St. Louis family is told that they would not be allowed to move into the home that they just purchased. The interracial family of 5 was told by the middle-class St. Louis suburb of Black Jack, that they were being denied permission to move into their home because they did not fit the towns definition of "a family", since the couple is not married. This is beyond absurd, and is actually unconstitutional. This kind of case has never made it high enough in the judicial system to allow for a serious constitutional challenge.
I also suspect that there is more to this case, although the article makes no mention of it... this is the kind of thing that exists, but is taboo. The father is black, and the mother is white. The St. Louis Post Dispatch posted photos of the whole family and they are beautiful folks. This case is beginning to get national and international attention.