Mark Herring will not defend gay marriage ban (VA)

[Nyvin]

Newly elected Attorney General of Virginia, Mark Herring, has stated he will not defend the state's constitutional ban on gay marriages as he has found it unconstitutional. Instead he will side with the plaintiffs making legal action against it.

This is rather profound as multiple lawsuits are working their way through the courts in Virginia to take down the gay marriage ban. With Utah and Oklahoma already looking toward the Supreme Court...it will now be at least THREE states that have declared gay marriage bans unconstitutional and each additional state that joins in makes the standing that much stronger. Could we see nationwide gay marriage by the end of 2014? It sounded crazy a year ago...now? It's a very real possibility.

 

[Seawytch]

Newly elected Attorney General of Virginia, Mark Herring, has stated he will not defend the state's constitutional ban on gay marriages as he has found it unconstitutional. Instead he will side with the plaintiffs making legal action against it.

This is rather profound as multiple lawsuits are working their way through the courts in Virginia to take down the gay marriage ban. With Utah and Oklahoma already looking toward the Supreme Court...it will now be at least THREE states that have declared gay marriage bans unconstitutional and each additional state that joins in makes the standing that much stronger. Could we see nationwide gay marriage by the end of 2014? It sounded crazy a year ago...now? It's a very real possibility.

 

[bodecea]

Newly elected Attorney General of Virginia, Mark Herring, has stated he will not defend the state's constitutional ban on gay marriages as he has found it unconstitutional. Instead he will side with the plaintiffs making legal action against it.

This is rather profound as multiple lawsuits are working their way through the courts in Virginia to take down the gay marriage ban. With Utah and Oklahoma already looking toward the Supreme Court...it will now be at least THREE states that have declared gay marriage bans unconstitutional and each additional state that joins in makes the standing that much stronger. Could we see nationwide gay marriage by the end of 2014? It sounded crazy a year ago...now? It's a very real possibility.

You mean, Virginia might not be like a third world country any more. Huzzah!