On Thursday newly elected Virginia
Attorney General Mark R. Herring announced a voter-approved ban unconstitutional
and said that his office will no longer defend gay marriage. Although the state
will continue to enforce the already existing laws he said his office would
join sides with two gay couples that sued to overturn the ban. Herring said
that this was a violation of the 14th amendment and that the law was
discriminatory. The decision made makes Virginia the key battleground between
the Democrats and Republicans. Virginia has always been on the side that loses
civil rights cases. He said that the people have always had to make their own
stand fighting for civil rights while their leaders stood against them, but
this no longer was the instance. The suit is trying to overturn all the bans
that are on gay marriage and want it to be legal. People didn’t expect Herring
to hurt their; they wanted the law to be upheld.
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-gay-marriage-virginia-20140124,0,7591917.story#axzz2rYXwr6WK
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