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Fight over same-sex marriage echoes decades-old battle of Loving v. Virginia
WASHINGTON — To some people in Virginia, the fight over legalization of same-sex marriage echoes a decades-old battle over the state’s 1924 law banning marriage between white and black people. But opponents of gay marriage reject the comparison.
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Opponents file first brief in appeal of Virginia’s same-sex marriage ruling
RICHMOND, Va. — A federal judge who struck down Virginia’s gay marriage ban usurped the state’s authority to decide whether same-sex unions should be allowed, a lawyer defending the ban said Friday.
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Appeals court allows all Va. same-sex couples to join marriage challenge
RICHMOND, Va. — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Monday granted a motion filed by Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and the ACLU of Virginia to intervene in Bostic v. Rainey, the federal court challenge to Virginia’s constitutional ban on same-sex marriage.
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Second county clerk files notice of appeal in Va. same-sex marriage case
NORFOLK, Va. — A second clerk plans to appeal a federal judge’s ruling that declares Virginia’s ban on same-sex marriages unconstitutional, according to a notice filed in federal court Tuesday.
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Norfolk Circuit Court clerk says he will appeal Va. same-sex marriage ruling
NORFOLK, Va. — The Norfolk Circuit Court clerk said Monday that he plans to appeal a federal judge’s ruling declaring the state’s ban on same-sex marriages unconstitutional.
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Plaintiffs celebrate overturned Va. same-sex marriage ban
NORFOLK, Va. — The two couples at the center of a fight over the legality of same-sex marriage in Virginia are celebrating a federal judge’s ruling overturning the state’s ban.
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Federal judge rules Va. ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional
NORFOLK, Va. — Virginia on Thursday became the first state in the South to have its same-sex marriage ban overturned, with a late-night federal court ruling that declared the voter-approved amendment unconstitutional.
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Federal judge asked to note Ky. gay marriage ruling in considering Va. case
NORFOLK, Va.- The Virginia Attorney General’s Office wants a federal judge to take note of a recent ruling in Kentucky that said the state must recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states.
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Judge hears arguments on whether Va. gay marriage ban should be struck down
NORFOLK, Va. — A federal judge in Norfolk, Va., on Tuesday told attorneys in a lawsuit challenging Virginia’s ban on same-sex couples marrying that she will render her decision “soon.”
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Case challenging Va. same-sex marriage ban heard in federal court
NORFOLK, Va. — In a case that could give gay marriage its first foothold in the old Confederacy, a federal judge will hear arguments Tuesday on whether Virginia’s ban on gay marriage should be struck down – the position the state’s newly elected Democratic attorney general has endorsed, angering many Republican lawmakers.