Month: November 2014

Marriage ban in WV struck down weeks after marriage equality began

Although West Virginia became a marriage equality state several weeks ago when the state’s attorney general conceded, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia made it official today, ruling in favor of Lambda Legal’s plaintiffs and striking down the discriminatory marriage ban as mandated by the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals earlier ruling striking down a similar ban in Virginia.

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