Same Sex Couples Embrace Marriage Recognition in Virginia

Attorney General Mark Herring and Plaintiffs Carol Schall and Mary Townley celebrate.

Attorney General Mark Herring and Plaintiffs Carol Schall and Mary Townley celebrate.

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision not to review the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ ruling against Virginia’s same-sex marriage ban is already having an impact.  The 4th Circuit issued its mandate early Monday afternoon, and same-sex couples began lining up at local courthouses to get married.  One of the couples who successfully sued to overturn the state Constitution’s marriage provision renewed the vows that they had first taken in another state.  Anne Marie Morgan reports.

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