Federal judge strikes down Virginia same-sex marriage ban

[JURIST] A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia [official website] on Thursday struck down [opinion, PDF] Virginia's constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. In 2006, Virginia voters ratified an amendment (Article I section 15-A) to the Virginia Constitution [text, PDF], which deemed marriage as a union only between a man and a woman. Judge Arenda Wright Allen wrote in the court opinion that Virginia's constitutional ban on same-sex marriage violates a "fundamental freedom," stating:Virginia's laws...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2014/02/federal-judge-strikes-down-virgina-same-sex-marriage-ban.php

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