Washington Blade Ted Olson: Va. gay marriage ban ‘flatly unconstitutional’ Professors Deborah Hellman and John C. Jeffries Jr. of the University of Virginia School of Law on Friday filed amicus briefs with the 4th Circuit in a lawsuit challenging the state's same-sex marriage ban. http://www.washingtonblade.com/2014/04/12/ted-olson-va-gay-marriage-ban-flatly-unconstitutional/