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By Kent Willis, Executive Director, ACLU of Virginia
Fifty years after Richard and Mildred Loving were married and forty-one years after the Supreme Court struck down the Virginia law that criminalized their union, Mrs. Loving has died.
RICHMOND, VA – A ruling today from the U.S. Supreme Court upholding an Indiana law requiring voters to show a government-approved photo ID at the polls will not have any effect on Virginia law, which does not require an ID to vote.
Botetourt County, VA – Botetourt County Administrator Gerald Burgess has informed the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia that a local ordinance prohibitin
Richmond, VA -- The Virginia Supreme Court this morning heard arguments in a long-running custody dispute over a child born during the Vermont civil union of two women.
Berryville, VA – Less than a month after the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia and the Virginia Organizing Project threatened to file a lawsuit, the Town Council of Berryville has repealed its old demonstration and parade ordinance and passed a new one.
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