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This image provided by U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Virginia shows a stockpile of homemade explosives Federal agents seized when they arrested Brad Spafford, a Virginia man on a firearms charge in Dec. 2024. (U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Virginia via AP)

Va. man accused of stockpiling 150 homemade bombs must stay in jail until trial, judge rules

By Ben Finley - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 3, 2013, file photo, Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy speaks to faculty members at the University of Pennsylvania law school in Philadelphia. The pro-gay rights rulings of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy have been a key spark in the march toward legalized gay marriage. To counter the trend, same-sex marriage opponents now are seizing upon other opinions by Kennedy himself. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

EDITORIAL: Overturn judge’s ruling, restore real marriage in Virginia

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Richard Loving, who was white, and his wife Mildred, who was black, were banished from Virginia in 1958 because state law prohibited interracial marriage. The Supreme Court, in Loving v. Virginia, declared that law to be unconstitutional. Last week, U.S. District Judge Arenda L. Wright Allen invoked the case in her ruling against Virginia's same-sex marriage ban. The Lovings are buried in Caroline County, Va. (associated press)

Va. gay marriage ruling prompts little reaction from Cuccinelli

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Dec. 18, 2013 file photo, Virginia Attorney General-elect Mark Herring smiles during a news conference at the Capitol in Richmond, Va. A federal judge ruled Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014 that Virginia's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, making it the first state in the South to have its voter-approved prohibition overturned. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

EDITORIAL: Judges legislating ‘morality’ on same-sex marriage

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring speaks during a news conference concerning a hearing on Virginia's ban on gay marriage in Norfolk, Va., Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014. A federal judge heard arguments on whether Virginia's ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Federal judge strikes down Virginia’s constitutional ban on same-sex marriage

By David Sherfinski, Matthew Cella and Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Judge in gay marriage case has diverse resume

By MATTHEW BARAKAT - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 23, 2014 file photo, Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring speaks at a news conference at his office in Richmond, Va. A federal judge will hear arguments Tuesday, Feb. 4, on whether Virginia's ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional. Herring, the state's newly elected Democratic attorney general, said he has already decided to side with the plaintiffs and will not defend the ban. (AP Photo/Richmond Times-Dispatch, Bob Brown, File)

Gay marriage fight comes to Southern courtroom

By BROCK VERGAKIS - Associated Press