Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring on Friday petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to review an appeals court decision that struck down the commonwealth’s ban on same-sex marriage, even though he supported the ruling.

Petitioning the court in the case Rainey v. Bostic, Herring said, “The nation looks to this court to answer the question presented here. … This court’s decision on the merits would resolve an important federal question that rages nationwide.”

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