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From left: Carol Schall and Mary Townley celebrate Thursday's ruling by federal Judge Arenda Wright Allen that Virginia's same-sex marriage ban was unconstitutional during a news conference, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014 in Norfolk, Va. Wright Allen on Thursday issued a stay of her order while it is appealed, meaning that gay couples in Virginia still won’t be able to marry until the case is ultimately resolved. An appeal will be filed to the 4th District Court of Appeals, which could uphold the ban or side with Wright Allen. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Bill Tiernan) MAGS OUT
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From left: Robert Roman and Claus Ihlemann of Virginia Beach celebrate with Carol Schall, Mary Townley , Tim Bostic and Tony London, Thursday's ruling by federal Judge Arenda Wright Allen that Virginia's same-sex marriage ban was unconstitutional during a news conference, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014 in Norfolk, Va. Wright Allen on Thursday issued a stay of her order while it is appealed, meaning that gay couples in Virginia still won’t be able to marry until the case is ultimately resolved. An appeal will be filed to the 4th District Court of Appeals, which could uphold the ban or side with Wright Allen. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Bill Tiernan) MAGS OUT
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From left: Carol Schall and Mary Townley celebrate Thursday's ruling by federal Judge Arenda Wright Allen that Virginia's same-sex marriage ban was unconstitutional during a news conference, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014 in Norfolk, Va. Wright Allen on Thursday issued a stay of her order while it is appealed, meaning that gay couples in Virginia still won’t be able to marry until the case is ultimately resolved. An appeal will be filed to the 4th District Court of Appeals, which could uphold the ban or side with Wright Allen. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Bill Tiernan) MAGS OUT
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From left back row, Carol Schall , Emily Schall-Townley,16, daughter of Schall and Townley and Mary Townley , Tim Bostic and Tony London celebrate the Thursday's ruling by federal Judge Arenda Wright Allen that Virginia's same-sex marriage ban was unconstitutional on Friday, Feb. 14, 2014 in Norfolk, Va. Wright Allen on Thursday issued a stay of her order while it is appealed, meaning that gay couples in Virginia still won’t be able to marry until the case is ultimately resolved. An appeal will be filed to the 4th District Court of Appeals, which could uphold the ban or side with Wright Allen. At the bottom of photo is Adam Umhoefer, Executive Director of the American Foundation for Equal Rights. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Bill Tiernan) MAGS OUT
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From left; Tim Bostic and Tony London celebrate Thursday's ruling by federal Judge Arenda Wright Allen that Virginia's same-sex marriage ban was unconstitutional during a news conference, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014 in Norfolk, Va. Wright Allen on Thursday issued a stay of her order while it is appealed, meaning that gay couples in Virginia still won’t be able to marry until the case is ultimately resolved. An appeal will be filed to the 4th District Court of Appeals, which could uphold the ban or side with Wright Allen. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Bill Tiernan) MAGS OUT
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From left, Robert Roman and Claus Ihlemann, of Virginia Beach, celebrate Thursday's ruling by federal Judge Arenda Wright Allen that Virginia's same-sex marriage ban was unconstitutional during a news conference, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Norfolk, Va. Wright Allen on Thursday issued a stay of her order while it is appealed, meaning that gay couples in Virginia still won’t be able to marry until the case is ultimately resolved. An appeal will be filed to the 4th District Court of Appeals, which could uphold the ban or side with Wright Allen. (AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot, Bill Tiernan)
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This 2011 photo provided by former U.S. Sen. Jim Webb shows Judge Arenda Wright Allen. She has been on the federal bench for less than three years, and is now overseeing the highest-profile case of her short judicial career: a lawsuit seeking to overturn Virginia’s ban on same-sex marriage. (AP Photo/Courtesy U.S. Sen. Jim Webb via The Virginian-Pilot) MAGS OUT
