ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring is praising the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to allow same-sex marriages to go forward in Virginia and says they will go forward immediately.
At a press conference Monday in Arlington, Herring said that all Virginia local court clerks must begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
Herring, a Democrat who supports same sex marriage and argued in federal court that Virginia’s ban on same-sex marriage should be struck down, said it was a historic day and that he is proud that Virginia was on the right side of the law and the right side of history.
Solicitor General Stuart Rafael says all couples getting married in Virginia will now fill out a license that identifies each party as “spouse” rather than “husband” or “wife.”
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