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A federal appeals court panel today struck down Virginia’s ban on same-sex marriage.
In a 2-1 decision, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judges upheld U.S. Judge Arenda L. Wright Allen's ruling in February that the 2006 amendment to the state Constitution defining marriage as between a man and a woman violates the equal protection clause under the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
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Appeals court strikes down Va. same-sex marriage ban - Richmond Times-Dispatch: Virginia Politics
Though stayed for now (or soon will be), this ruling is ultimately binding to the entire Fourth Circuit - as well as Virginia, that includes Maryland (which has already legalized same-sex marriage), North Carolina, South Carolina and West Virginia.
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