Michael and Samantha Herrod work together at their Merrillville, Ind. home Tuesday December 6, 2011. The Herrods have been married for 12 years and have two children. | Stephanie Dowell~Sun-Times Media
Anthony and Michaile Broadnax are photographed in their Munster, Ind. home Friday December 2, 2011. The Broadnaxes have been married for 22 years. | Stephanie Dowell~Sun-Times Media
Anthony and Michaile Broadnax are photographed in their Munster, Ind. home Friday December 2, 2011. The Broadnaxes have been married for 22 years. | Stephanie Dowell~Sun-Times Media
Michael and Samantha Herrod are photographed together at their Merrillville, Ind. home Tuesday December 6, 2011. The Herrods have been married for 12 years and have two children. | Stephanie Dowell~Sun-Times Media
When Michaile and Anthony Broadnax decided they wanted to get married in 1989, the first minister they went to wouldn’t marry them. That’s because Michaile is white and Anthony is black. The second minister they approached told them he would do it but people in …