Va. Republicans ready to defend same-sex marriage ban

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Va. Republicans ready to defend same-sex marriage ban
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/virginia-to-fight-same-sex-marriage-ban/2014/01/23/9e5aa210-8431-11e3-bbe5-6a2a3141e3a9_story.html

By Laura Vozzella, Published: January 23

RICHMOND — Outraged Virginia Republicans quickly began searching for a way to preserve the state’s gay marriage ban Thursday after Attorney General Mark R. Herring announced that he would join a lawsuit seeking to have it declared unconstitutional.

Some GOP legislators were exploring ways to defend the ban without Herring’s help. Herring’s most ardent opponents sought to take legal action against the attorney general for what they described as his misuse of the office. The National Organization for Marriage, which opposes same-sex unions, called for Herring’s impeachment on grounds of alleged “malfeasance” and “neglect of duty,” though legislators did not go that far.

“I don’t know what the difference between a dictatorship and this is,” said state Sen. Richard H. Black (R-Loudoun).

Well, for one thing, in a dictatorship, the state often plays a role in matchmaking for the young, so as to ensure a secure supply of kinder for the Fatherland. In a free country, the state is more inclined to let people make that decision by themselves.

Watch Bob Marshall fume:

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