Couples applying for marriage licenses in Virginia will no longer have to disclose their race, the state's attorney general says, after three couples said they were denied marriage licenses after declining to do so
Applicants will now be able to check a box on the form that says,"declined to answer," a spokesman from Attorney General Mark Herring's office said Sunday. Clerks of court across Virginia received the new form and a memo, said Herring's spokesman. The memo states that"clerks should issue a license regardless of an applicant's answer or non-answer to that inquiry.
" 'It's merely a Band-Aid'But the couples are moving forward with the lawsuit anyway because the statute is still Virginia law, despite Herring's new guidance.Ashley Ramkishun and Samuel Sarfo"Yes, we still plan to move forward with the suit," said Ashley Ramkishun, who said she was initially denied a marriage license after she and her fiance, Samuel Sarfo, did not disclose their races.
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