Why Question 2 Matters to My Marriage
Why does Virginia’s Question 2 matter to my marriage?
My wife Lauri and I voted “yes” on Question 2, the proposed amendment to the Virginia Constitution that would remove the state’s existing constitutional ban on same-sex marriage and require Virginia to recognize and treat all legally valid marriages equally, regardless of sex, gender, or race.
Same-sex marriage is currently protected by the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges decision. But Virginia’s Constitution still contains the language adopted in 2006 that says only a union between a man and a woman may be recognized as a…
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