A federal judge ruled that a Virginia law requiring couples to reveal their race in applying for a marriage license is unconstitutional
The lawsuit against the Virginia State Registrar and others was filed after three couples said they were denied marriage licenses in the state after they refused to check a box disclosing their race on their applications.Finding that the statute violates the 14th Amendment, Judge Rossie D. Alston wrote in his ruling Friday that requiring the couples"to disclose their race in order to receive marriage licenses burdens their fundamental right to marry," Alston wrote.
" Read MoreVirginia couples won't have to disclose their race to get a marriage license, attorney general saysVirginia Attorney General Mark Herring last month directed that applicants would now be able to check a box that says"declined to answer" instead of checking a box that defined their race, and clerks of court across the state received the new form and a memo.
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