As the chief House of Delegates sponsor of the 2006 voter approved “one-man, one-woman” marriage amendment to Virginia’s Constitution, I want to alert your readers to Democratic efforts to take the ...
On March 8, Equality Virginia Advocates, the public policy and advocacy arm of the Commonwealth’s leading advocacy organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) equality, ...
RICHMOND, Va. -- An appeals courts' decision to strike down Virginia's same-sex marriage ban adds to the growing list of decrees on a hot-button issue that will likely end up being decided by the U.S.
RICHMOND — Only a few bills out of the thousands introduced this General Assembly session tackle love. Lawmakers resumed the longstanding effort to codify same-sex marriage protection, but there are a ...
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 ...
RICHMOND — The Virginia House of Delegates passed three state constitutional amendments Tuesday that would enshrine in state law reproductive rights, same-sex marriage and automatic restoration of ...
Virginia’s Constitution bans same-sex marriages and has since 2006, when voters approved a ballot measure that reads: “Only a union between one man and one woman may be a marriage valid in or ...
RICHMOND, Va. (WSET) — On Thursday,Senator Adam Ebbin (D-Alexandria) and Delegate Mark Sickles (D-Fairfax) introduced Senate Joint Resolution 11 and House Joint Resolution 9, proposed amendments to ...
VIRGINIA - The Virginia Senate has passed a marriage equality bill aimed at cementing same-sex marriage in the Commonwealth, sending it on to Governor Youngkin’s final consideration. HB 174, ...
Confronted with a newly Democrat-dominated legislature, Virginia governor Glenn Youngkin (R) signed a bill on Friday codifying same-sex marriage in the Commonwealth. With Youngkin’s signature, the ...