The legal clash on same-sex marriage took public attention in Virginia, where a panel of three judges on the 4th U.S. Circuit of Appeals considered on overruling a federal judge who declared banning same-sex marriage in the state to be unconstitutional.
Voters in Virginia back in 2006 approved an amendment in the constitution which define marriage as a union made between a man and a woman.
Ever since the Supreme Court brought down the integral portion of the federal Defense of Marriage Act in 2013, federal judges shot down state marriage bans in several other states, which include Arkansas and Texas.
A majority of law experts expect the issue could come back to the U.S. Supreme Court, which left the constitutional aspect of same-sex marriage restrictions unanswered.
Litigation on not agreeing with same-sex marriage bans have been filed in nearly every state.
North and South Dakota, and Montana, are the only states without awaiting lawsuits, according to a gay rights group. The number could soon be reduced to two. A lesbian couple in the previous month made an announcement saying they’ll challenge South Dakota’s same-sex marriage ban.
At present, 17 states including the District of Columbia agreed to gay marriage.
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