Judge officially ends West Virginia ban on same-sex marriage

Judge officially ends West Virginia ban on same-sex marriage

By Elizabeth LaForgia on Nov 08, 2014 12:33 pm
[JURIST] A federal judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia [official website] on Friday ruled [opinion, PDF] that West Virginia's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, several weeks after state officials began issuing marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples. US District Judge Robert C. Chambers wrote that he was given a "clear blueprint" from the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit [official website] when it struck down Virginia's ban on same-sex...   +read more