Republican delegate files resolution to repeal Virginia Constitutional ban on same-sex marriages.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

This looks like the so-called “clean repeal” some Republicans said they could support.

It just gets rid of the ban, without replacing it with new, largely symbolic marriage equality language.

PLOT TWIST: Republican Delegate Tim Anderson—the guy who unsuccessfully sued to get Gender Queer removed from book stores (https://usatoday.com/story/entertainment/books/2022/08/30/gender-queer-virginia-judge-tosses-suit-obscene-books/7943937001/)—files resolution to repeal the Virginia Constitutional ban on same-sex marriages. https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HJ460

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[mahatmakanejeeves]

2. Uhhh, he wants to repeal the ban. NT

[mahatmakanejeeves]

4. Will Virginia make a bipartisan move to get rid of its antiquated same-sex marriage ban?

Democrats who have worked on LGBTQ equality issues for years say they're filing the same thing Anderson did.

That means it could pass on a bipartisan basis, depending on how
@cToddGilbert
decides to handle it.

"The conservative principle here is less government, more freedom," GOP Del. Tim Anderson says of his proposal to get rid of Virginia's antiquated same-sex marriage ban.

virginiamercury.com
Will Virginia make a bipartisan move to get rid of its antiquated same-sex marriage ban? - Virginia...
Lawmakers from both parties say they plan to push for a "clean repeal" of state's 2006 constutional ban on same-sex marriage.

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