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RICHMOND, VA, January 31, 2014 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – New Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring is facing increased calls for impeachment in light of his decision to not defend his state's marriage amendment. After he announced the decision last week, Herring  faced  an impeachment call from the National Organization for Marriage . Those calls have now expanded to include  Tea Party Nation's Judson Phillips  and unnamed  grassroots conservative organizations . Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring Republicans hold the state House in Virginia, which is where impeachment hearings are held . Since Herring holds the position of Attorney General, the House has the right to appoint prosecutors “according to the laws of the land.” In 2006, Herring voted for the state's marriage amendment that would respect marriage as between a man and a woman, which was approved by a majority of state voters. Since then, Herring says his position has changed, and he now...

RICHMOND, VA, January 27, 2014 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – Only weeks after taking his oath of office, Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring is already violating it by opposing the state's amendment keeping marriage between a man and a woman, say critics. “As a legislator, Herring supported this Constitutional Amendment . Now, as Attorney General, he is using the power of his office to actively oppose it,” Eve Marie Barner Gleason, a member of the Virginia Republic State Central Committee, told LifeSiteNews. “This is exactly backwards. As a legislator, he was free to oppose the amendment, but as Attorney General, he is bound by his honor and oath of office to defend it.” Herring, who voted to prevent same-sex “marriage” from becoming legal in 2006,  told  Politico  that his position has changed and “as attorney general I cannot and will not defend laws that violate Virginians’ rights.” According to  Politico,  Herring said he has pledged “to put the law...

A Lawyer Abandoning His Clients It wasn't really a total surprise when the news came out this week that Virginia's new Attorney General , Mark Herring , has decided not to defend Virginia's marriage law against legal challenge. We've long suspected Herring to be on the side of radical redefinition of marriage , even though he said in his campaign that he would defend the amendment. The headlines nonetheless gave a cold shock. Particularly the one from  USA Today  which read, " Virginia won't defend its same-sex marriage ban. " Well, leaving aside the cynicism or agenda-driven bias that goes into calling laws such as Virginia's marriage amendment "same-sex marriage bans," the headline nonetheless hits upon the real travesty here. Mark Herring is Virginia's Attorney General. He is duty-bound to defend Virginia's laws. Yet here he is, abandoning the people and law of Virginia to pursue his own selfish motives.  The people of Vi...