Mark Herring News / LGBTQ Nation

How long must a politician show repentance before they’re forgiven & regain our trust?

Virginia Governor Ralph Northam and Attorney General Mark Herring wore blackface when they were young. But does their history of fighting racism counter the mistakes they made?

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School board in transgender delegate Danica Roem’s district adds LGBT student protections

Roem tweeted she was proud of the board for "unanimously voting to include gender identity, gender expression and sexual orientation to its nondiscrimination policy, so every student and faculty member knows they’re welcomed.”

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Virginia AG: School boards can prohibit discrimination against LGBT students

The opinion reverses one issued in 2002 by a Republican predecessor who said public schools could not extend such protection without the General Assembly’s permission.

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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…

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Va. House Republicans aim to hire lawyer to defend same-sex marriage ban

RICHMOND, Va. -- The GOP-controlled Virginia House of Delegates on Thursday approved a resolution that includes language that would allow the branch to hire legal counsel to defend the state’s ban on same-sex marriage, something Attorney…

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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…

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Virginia AG to seek U.S. Supreme Court review of same-sex marriage ruling

RICHMOND, Va. -- Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring said Tuesday he would ask the Supreme Court to review a decision that struck down the state's ban on same-sex marriage, although he supports the lower court's decision.…

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Va. delegate seeking to impeach AG over gay marriage support says it’s his duty

RICHMOND, Va. -- Virginia Republican Del. Bob Marshall says it's his duty to try and pursue impeachment proceedings against Attorney General Mark Herring. Marshall, who co-authored the state’s 2006 constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, criticized Herring's…

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Va. attorney general files brief supporting same-sex marriage

RICHMOND, Va. -- Virginia's attorney general has told an appellate court reviewing a judge's ruling that the state's same-sex marriage ban is unconstitutional that gays and lesbians have just as much right to marry as interracial…

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Growing number of attorneys general refusing to defend gay marriage bans

NORFOLK, Va. — The day after a federal judge struck down Virginia's gay-marriage ban, state Attorney General Mark Herring wasn't vowing to appeal or insisting his state's law was sound.

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