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RICHMOND, Va. — When it comes to adapting state laws to reflect social change -- such as women’s suffrage, school desegregation and gay rights -- Virginia has always been a laggard. Still ...
Because Virginia's new Democratic attorney general, Mark Herring, had refused to defend the state's gay marriage ban, that task was left to circuit court clerks from two counties.
Gay marriage in Virginia set to begin Aug. 21. WVEC-TV, Hampton-Norfolk, Va. NORFOLK, Va. — A federal appeals court Thursday has clarified when ...
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 13 months ago that same-sex couples have a fundamental right to marriage throughout the United States. But 30 states, including Virginia, still have laws on their ...
RICHMOND — The Human Rights Campaign is making a “six-figure” investment in 27 Virginia House and Senate races, an unprecedented commitment to state-level contests for the national LGBTQ ...
U.S. District Judge Arenda L. Wright Allen has ruled Virginia's same-sex marriage ban is unconstitutional. Steve Inskeep talks to Mark Herring, Virginia's attorney general, about the ruling.
RICHMOND (AP) -- Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe is sending notice to local social services divisions that married gay couples can now adopt children. McAuliffe's office announced Friday that it was ...
Gay marriage bans have lately been declared unconstitutional in Utah, Oklahoma, and now Virginia. Ban defenders note that judges in all three cases were appointed by Democratic presidents. Ban ...
RICHMOND — Almost overnight, Virginia has emerged as a critical state in the nationwide fight to grant gay men and women the right to wed.
Virginia’s Republican nominee for lieutenant governor says he is facing a “coup” from members of his own party – including Gov. Glenn Youngkin. Conservative radio host John Reid said the ...