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Virginia responds

July 01, 2004

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Hundreds of Virginians rallied across the state against a law written by 13th District Delegate Robert G. Marshall that voids any "arrangement between persons of the same sex purporting to bestow the privileges or obligations of marriage." The law also voids any "partnership contract or other arrangement entered into by persons of the same sex in another state or jurisdiction" as well as "any contractual rights created" between same sex partners.

For more information, visit Stand Up For Equality

Gays rally in Roanoke to decry new law and determine how it can be challenged
By Laurence Hammack
Roanoke Times
July 1, 2004

Norfolk rally protests law restricting gay partnerships
By DEBBIE MESSINA
Virginian-Pilot
July 1, 2004

Activists Protest Anti-Gay Marriage Law
By JUSTIN BERGMAN
AP via Baltimore Sun
July 1, 2004

Gay-rights backers rally in city
By Kate Andrews
Daily Progress
July 1, 2004

New state law called a motivator for gay community
BY LAUREN WILLIAMS
Daily Press
July 1, 2004

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