AG asks judge to keep W.Va. same-sex marriage lawsuit on hold
Dammit! The only Republican in the WV state govt and it would have to be the AG.
The Charleston Gazette
Wednesday, July 30, 2014
AG asks judge to keep W.Va. same-sex marriage lawsuit on hold
By Kate White, Staff writer
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey wants a federal judge to keep the lawsuit challenging the states same-sex marriage ban on hold until a ruling in a similar Virginia case is final and the U.S. Supreme Court reviews it.
Meanwhile, attorneys for three same-sex couples suing over the states ban asked the judge Wednesday to immediately lift the stay, deny Morriseys request for a lengthier wait and rule in their favor.
Morrisey also asked U.S. District Judge Robert C. Chambers to schedule arguments in the West Virginia case over whether three gay couples in West Virginia should have sued state officials, rather than county clerks.
On Monday, a three-judge panel for the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a federal judges rejection of Virginias longtime ban on same-sex marriage. Chambers said in June that he was waiting for the 4th Circuit decision on Virginias law before proceeding in the case before him....
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