The Supreme Court cleared the way today for gay marriages in 11 additional states when they denied petitions from 7 states requesting that gay marriage be put on hold. Virginia’s Attorney General Mark Herring has refused to uphold the state’s Constitutional Amendment banning same sex marriage in the Commonwealth. [read_more]Today Virginia’s first gay marriage was preformed outside the court house in Richmond.
Nicole Pries, 42, and Lindsey Oliver, 30 celebrate in Richmond today:
Gay marriage has now been forced on 30 states, chart of states here.
More on the story here. Today’s order from the Supreme Court here.