Bostic District Court Hearing Press Conference: Virginia’s Same Sex Marriage Ban
the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia heard oral argument for the first time on the constitutionality of Virginia’s marriage ban through Bostic v. Rainey. The Plaintiffs in the case, represented by the bipartisan legal team of Theodore B. Olson and David Boies, argued that the provision in the Virginia Constitution that prohibits marriage equality in the state violates the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring attended Tuesday’s hearing two weeks after announcing his decision not to defend the ban on marriage for Virginia’s same-sex couples.
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