Top headline: NBC, 10/16/2022
Bottom headline: Virginia Mercury, 2/17/2023
From the Virginia Mercury:
Same-sex marriage has been recognized in Virginia for years, and the ban voters approved in 2006 doesn’t currently carry any legal weight. But after the conservative-leaning U.S. Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion last year, LGBTQ advocates say the issue of marriage equality looks less settled than it once did.
Just prior to Friday’s vote in a House Rules subcommittee set up to hear proposals for constitutional amendments, a representative of the socially conservative Family Foundation raised the prospect of the Supreme Court overturning the 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationally. “
If and when it does, Virginia's constitution should continue to reflect the truth about marriage,” said Family Foundation lobbyist Todd Gathje.
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