Virginia AG refuses to defend same-sex marriage ban

[JURIST] Virginia Attorney Genera lMark Herring [official profile] announced [press release] Thursday that his office will no longer defend legal challenges to the commonwealth's ban on same-sex marriage. Herring explained his position saying, "After thorough legal review, I have now concluded that Virginia's ban on marriage same sex couples violates the Fourteenth Amendment [text] of the US Constitution on two grounds: marriage is a fundamental right being denied to some Virginians, and the ban unlawfully discriminates on the basis of...

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