Listen to a discussion of VA AG Mark Herring's decision on WAMU's Koj NNamdi show

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GOP calls on McAuliffe to defend Va.’s ban on same-sex marriage

By Michael Laris,

Dozens of Republican lawmakers signed a letter Friday calling on Gov. Terry McAuliffe to provide legal counsel to defend Virginia’s constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage.
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Del. Robert G. Marshall (R-Prince William) drafted the letter, circulated it and delivered it to the governor’s staff Friday.
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Marshall, a stalwart conservative known for incendiary rhetoric, said in an interview on WAMU’s “The Kojo Nnamdi Show” on Friday that Herring’s decision was comparable to the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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The House’s top Democrat, David J. Toscano (D-Charlottesville) called the move “a classic case of nontransparent legislating.” ... He said the bill raises serious constitutional and practical questions. ... “What we’re going to do with this bill is create 140 little attorney generals,” Toscano said. “It’s a recipe for chaos.”

Pearl Harbor? Drama queen much? I'll have to take some time to find Bob Marshall's radio rant on the Kojo Nnamdi Show.

Future Of Virginia's Gay Marriage Ban

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Guest Host:Jennifer Golbeck

Future Of Virginia's Gay Marriage Ban
Thursday, Jan 23, 2014 at 12:06 p.m. in Law, Local Elections, Society

In a sharp reversal of his predecessor's legal position, Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring says the state's ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional and wants to see it end.

Virginia's new attorney general, Mark Herring, says the state's voter-enacted ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional and he wants to see the courts overturn it. In 2006, Virginia voters amended the state constitution to bar gay marriage, but now Herring's office is joining two same-sex couples in a lawsuit asking a federal court to strike it down. The move is a sharp reversal of the state's legal position on gay marriage under his predecessor, Ken Cuccinelli. We get the latest.

Guests
Mark Herring Attorney General-Elect, Virginia (D) {Hey, he was sworn in a week and a half ago}

Adam Ebbin Member, Virginia Senate (D-30th District)

Robert Marshall Virginia State Delegate (R- 13th District, Manassass) {Also, that's not how you spell Manassas}

According to Kojo Nnamdi's website, the show airs Monday through Thursday. Bob Marshall was scheduled to be interviewed on Thursday's show. It seems he must not have been able to meet that schedule and was interviewed on the following day. The link to Friday's show is The Politics Hour - Jan. 24, 2014.

This message, from the DCRTV mailbag for January 24, verifies that.

Virginia State Delegate Bob Marshall was interviewed for The Politics Hour on WAMU today. Representative Marshall apparently got confused, and thought he was being interviewed for WMAL! Talking about Mark Herring’s gay marriage policy announcement, Delegate Marshall said “Should Moses and Jesus apologize?,” he angrily told the host to “Get off it!” he equated Mark Herring with Louis XIV, a prince, and a disingenuous wordsmith, he compared Mark Herring’s announcement with the attack on Pearl Harbor, and he made historical political accusations that could easily be “refudiated” by a real journalist, and they were (in the studio, Tom Sherwood). Listen to Delegate Marshall begin to make a complete fool of himself at the 11 minute 30 mark thekojonnamdishow.org. Memo to Delegate Marshall, WAMU core listeners ARE NOT WMAL core listeners. (1/24/14)

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