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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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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 in Va. same-sex marriage case difficult to ‘pigeonhole’
McLEAN, Va. — The judge deciding what could become a landmark marriage equality case in Virginia defies easy characterization: She was a prosecutor, but also a public defender. She was appointed by President Barack Obama, and she also served in the military as a Navy lawyer. U.S. District Judge Arenda L. Wright Allen, who has […]
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Anti-gay Va. politico gets recall effort delayed after judge recuses himself
LEESBURG, Va. — A recall effort against a Loudoun County supervisor known for anti-gay rhetoric is temporarily on hold after a judge recused himself.
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Josh Duggar, failed Lt. Gov. candidate headline anti-gay rally outside Va. court
NORFOLK, Va. — Josh Duggar, the oldest of the Duggar children from TLC’s “19 Kids and Counting,” and E.W. Jackson, the failed candidate for Virginia Lt. Governor, headlined an anti-gay marriage rally in Norfolk on Tuesday while a federal judge heard arguments challenging the state’s ban on same-sex marriage.
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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.
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Va. House approves bill giving lawmakers standing to defend gay marriage ban
RICHMOND, Va. — Republicans in the Virginia House of Delegates want to give lawmakers standing in lawsuits where the attorney general and governor have chosen not to participate.