It's true what they say about elections having consequences! Virginia now has a Democratic Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General, and good things are starting to happen. From Reuters:
A federal judge in western Virginia has certified as a class action a lawsuit filed by two Shenandoah Valley couples challenging the state's ban on same-sex marriages.
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U.S. District Court Judge Michael Urbanski said in the order that same-sex couples seeking to marry in the state as well as those married in states where gay marriage is legal could challenge Virginia's ban as a group.
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Attorney General Mark Herring, a Democrat, said his decision not to defend the ban was aimed at putting Virginia "on the right side of history" and ending its legacy of opposing landmark civil rights rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Republicans in Virginia's House of Delegates, who have threatened to impeach Herring, are trying to push through a bill that would permit them to hire their own counsel to defend the marriage ban. But even if approved, the bill would probably be vetoed by the Democratic Governor Terry McAuliffe.
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According to the article, there are as many as 15,000 same sex couples in the state of VA.
This is turning into a weekend of epic Democratic win and Colossal GOP fail. Christie is circling the drain and may drag the entire Goposaur party down with him, while in the great state of Virginia, Democrats have retaken the helm, and are restoring sanity, tolerance and equality.
So long, indicted ex-Governor Ultrasound and your psycho-Puritan ex-Attorney General Cuccinelli! Good luck in prison and/or as lobbyists for the dying Tea Party! And don't let the door hit you in your corrupt, bigoted asses on the way out.
