Challenge to Virginia marriage license application continues

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A federal judge has refused to dismiss a legal challenge by a group objecting to a requirement that race be listed on Virginia marriage license applications.
A lawsuit filed last month against the state registrar and two Virginia court clerks challenges the state requirement to list race.
In a decision issued late Friday, U.S. District Court Judge Rossie D. Alston Jr. rejected a motion to dismiss the challenge. He wrote that the requirement is unconstitutional becaus