• Virginia to pay $520K to attorneys in same-sex marriage case

    The settlement agreement was filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Norfolk. The attorneys had sought more than $1.7 million.

    • 2014

  • Virginia AG officiates as marriage plaintiffs renew wedding vows

    RICHMOND, Va. — In an emotional ceremony in front of the John Marshall Courthouse in downtown Richmond, Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring renewed the vows of two of the plaintiffs who successfully challenged the state’s ban on same-sex marriage. “This is the outcome we have hoped for,” said Herring, who stated just days after taking office …

  • 4th Circuit to issue mandate Monday, allowing same-sex marriages in Virginia

    RICHMOND, Va. — The Richmond-based federal appeals court says its ruling authorizing same-sex marriages in Virginia will take effect Monday afternoon. According to the clerk’s office, the mandate will be issued at 1 p.m. Court clerks will be able to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples after that time.

  • U.S. Supreme Court blocks same-sex marriages in Virginia

    WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court is delaying the start of same-sex marriage in Virginia. The court on Wednesday granted a request from a county clerk in northern Virginia to block same-sex marriages across the state while the issue is being appealed to the Supreme Court. The court provided no explanation for its order.

  • Plaintiffs in Va. marriage case ask Supreme Court to reject stay request

    RICHMOND, Va. — The clock is ticking on whether the U.S. Supreme Court will delay a ruling striking down Virginia’s same-sex marriage ban. Attorneys representing a county clerk in Virginia have asked the nation’s highest court to stay the decision by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals while it’s appealed. The plaintiffs and others Monday asked …

  • Roberts sets Monday deadline for response in Va. marriage stay request

    WASHINGTON — U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts has set deadline of Monday at 5 p.m. EDT for attorneys representing two same-sex couples to respond to a request to stay a federal appeals court ruling striking down Virginia’s same-sex marriage ban. Attorneys representing a county clerk in northern Virginia on Thursday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to …

  • Opponents ask U.S. Supreme Court to delay same-sex marriage in Virginia

    RICHMOND, Va. — Attorneys representing a county clerk in northern Virginia have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to delay a circuit court ruling striking down the state’s same-sex marriage ban. Alliance Defending Freedom on Thursday asked the nation’s highest court to stay the decision by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond.

  • Federal court clarifies date for same-sex marriage in Virginia

    RICHMOND, Va. — A federal appeals court is clarifying when same-sex marriages could begin in Virginia. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond decided Wednesday not to delay its ruling that struck down the state’s gay marriage ban.

  • Appeals court won’t grant stay of Va. same-sex marriage ruling

    RICHMOND, Va. — A federal appeals court refused Wednesday to delay its ruling striking down Virginia’s same-sex marriage ban, which means that same-sex couples could begin marrying in the state as early as next week. The state would also need to start recognizing marriages from out of state by next Wednesday, assuming the U.S. Supreme Court does not intervene.

  • Va. AG asks U.S. Supreme Court to review same-sex marriage ruling

    RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring on Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a decision that struck down the state’s ban on same-sex marriage, giving the high court its third such case to choose from when justices return in October. Herring, who declined to defend the ban in federal court and who said he supports the lower court’s decision …