Bostic v. Rainey – the Ted Olson and David Boies-backed challenge to Virginia’s ban on same-sex marriage is set to be heard before a three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals this Tuesday.
The AP looks at what might happen in the case before the court:
Last month, Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring [pictured right] filed a brief supporting the plaintiffs in the case, a move that has drawn criticism from conservatives in the state. The job of defending the law during verbal arguments is now with the legal team of Norfolk’s Circuit Court clerk George E. Schaefer III – the clerk who originally denied Timothy Bostic and Tony London their marriage license.
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