Over the last couple of days, I've spent a lot of time digging through the Washington County, VA case, Santolla v. Katz (Case No. CL26-1139), reading the court documents, comparing statements from the Attorney General's Office... which are limited... and Senator Bill Stanley, and trying to answer one question that kept nagging at me: If Judge Campbell's Letter Opinion directed the plaintiffs to draft an "Order Granting Preliminary Injunction," why does everyone keep pointing to the Letter...

... we have private citizens are protecting their individual rights. State organizations are challenging enforcement within Virginia. National organizations are advancing broader constitutional arguments. Now, the United States Department of Justice has entered the fight from an entirely different position, bringing the weight of the federal government into the conversation.

Most of us played the Telephone Game as children. One person whispered a message to the next, who whispered it to another, and so on until the message reached the last person in line. The humor came from hearing the final version. Somehow, what started as a simple sentence often emerged as something entirely different. Words were changed. Details were lost. New details appeared. By the end, the original message was barely recognizable. As children, we laughed. As adults, we should probably...