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February 05, 2005
A constitutional ban on equal marriage rights in Virginia is a step closer to reality. It's expected to pass next week and go to the voters of Virginia in November 2006.
Equality Virginia's Dyana Mason is right, but today's Republican Party has a much bigger problem than dealing with the priorities of the average American citizen. Moderate voices in the Republican Party are helpless to a stranglehold of its radical evangelical base. Religious extremists in the party have gone so far as threatening to withhold support for domestic policies unless the party places a priority on their self-serving and divisive agenda.
With the complicit silence of moderates, the Republican Party is delivering for its radical base.
Opponents of Virginia's marriage amendment, who were given 15 minutes to testify yesterday, said lawmakers are trying to write discrimination into the state constitution, as when blacks were banned from Virginia public schools."The Virginia constitution should never, ever again be amended to single out a group for disparate treatment," said Dyana Mason, executive director of the homosexual advocacy group Equality Virginia.
"Virginia's painful history of mandated segregation, disenfranchisement of black voters and prohibitions on interracial marriage have left an indelible stain on the state. We need not add another."
[House panel OKs amendment to ban gay 'marriage' - Washington Times - 02-06-05]
We may not be able to stop the support this amendment has in the Republican controlled Virginia state legislature next week, but we can defeat those elected officials who abandoned the priorities of Virginia for yet another historic stain on our great state and our nation. Keep reading here in the next couple of weeks for ways you can help us defeat one of Virginia's most divisive politicians at the center of some of Virginia's most notoriously discriminatory laws in this November's Virginia House of Delegates election. With your help, we can elect a fair-minded delegate for Virginia's 13th district and help Republican House Delegate Bob Marshall begin exploring new career opportunities in a more fair state of Virginia.
filed under: Equal Marriage Rights
