The Supremes Have Stayed Marriage Equality In Virginia, And It's Okay (For Now)

Just a quickie in case you're wondering: Although the execrable Michele McQuigg was one of the Virginia officials begging not to have to marry gay people to one another, our Democratic Attorney General, Mark Herring, also wanted the Supreme Court to stay the lifting of the Old Dominion's marriage ban (although for entirely different reasons).

Herring wants marriage equality to get to SCOTUS in a fast but orderly fashion. Here's what he said today:

"It is still difficult to expect Virginians to wait to exercise what I believe is a fundamental right, especially when we are so close to our goal... I reluctantly agreed that a stay was warranted in light of the way the Supreme Court handled a nearly identical case in Utah — and because of the potential that an adverse Supreme Court ruling might cause children adopted by a second parent to have that adoption heartbreakingly invalidated, death benefits conferred to grieving spouses taken away, and spousal benefits families thought would pay the bills thrown into limbo.

"Virginia's case is waiting for the Supreme Court's review, as are several others from around the country, and I have petitioned for an extraordinarily speedy review from the Court. Virginia families suffer each day that this decision is delayed."