Elections Have Consequences, Virginia Edition

Virginia's new Attorney General Mark Herring (D) has announced that Virginia will no longer side with the commonwealth's anti-marriage equality law in a pending lawsuit challenging the state law.  Citing the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, Herring declared that,

 "As attorney general, I cannot and will not defend laws that violate Virginians' rights.  The commonwealth will be siding with the plaintiffs in this case and with every other Virginia couple whose right to marry is being denied." (emphasis added)

That's a 180-degree shift from the attitude of former Rethuglican AG Ken "Transvaginal" Cuccinelli, and points to the reality that an increasing majority of Americans support marriage equality.