Marshall Newman Amendment
Unintended consequences: Yeardley Love and Marshall Newman
In an article this week regarding the murder of UVA Yeardley Love, it was pointed out that Virginia is one of eight states that excludes unmarried couples from obtaining restraining orders. Although Love never sought one, it didn’t matter because she couldn’t have gotten one, anyway. Four years ago, we were fighting the passage of … Continue reading
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Looking to 2007
At the end of the day I will be taking down my Voting NO page. Before I do, I’d like to thank the 998,180 Virginians who voted NO. A special thanks goes out to the members of the General Assembly who stood with the Commonwealth Coalition and supported our efforts. In 2007, the entire General … Continue reading
Reason #1: Vote NO if…
… you believe the amendment writes discrimination into the Virginia constitution. Technorati Tags: Marshall Newman Amendment, Virginia Marriage Amendment
VP LTE: Legal lesson for voters
There was a local case where a pregnant woman killed her unborn child by intentionally shooting herself in the stomach. The woman was charged with illegally inducing an abortion; however, those charges were dismissed since the law applied to third parties, such as doctors. In today’s Pilot, there is a letter to the editor that … Continue reading
Reason #2: Vote NO if…
… you believe that the Bill of Rights should be used only to grant rights, not take them away. Technorati Tags: Marshall Newman Amendment, Virginia Marriage Amendment
Another NO vote
Add Jay Hughes to the list. Our Commonwealth has some of the lowest crime rates and lowest unemployment rates in the nation. Businesses flock to the Commonwealth because our schools and universities produce a robustly educated workforce. All of this is possible because Virginia families are already instilling decent morals and ethics in our children … Continue reading
Voting NO: a couple more
NoVA Scout, over at Too Conservative, offers up his view on Voting NO on Ballot Issue #1, the so-called Marriage Amendment. Conservatives do not take kindly to legislative use of constitutional documents. We are skeptical of public fads and passions that try to seize a moment to trivialize the great structures of republican constitutional democracy. … Continue reading
Bob Marshall: Virginia’s “chief homophobe”
The so-called Marriage Amendment, Ballot Issue #, actually bears his name. But just who is Bob Marshall? In this article, we get a glimpse of the man “who refers to himself as Virginia’s ‘chief homophobe.’” “There is a natural order of things, a natural order where gay marriage is an impossibility,” he said, books tucked … Continue reading
Ballot issue #1: BELIEVE!!!!!
The latest Mason-Dixon poll (via Pilot, RTD) shows Ballot issue #1 – the so-called Marriage Amendment – trailing by just 4%, with 49% supporting it and 45% against it. The remaining 6% is undecided. The poll of 625 likely voters was conducted last Wednesdaythru Friday and has a margin of error of +/- 4%. We … Continue reading
Republicans Voting NO on #1
Rather than repeat it all, check out Rick Sincere’s posting on today’s press conference of prominent Republicans who have decided to Vote NO on the so-called Marriage Amendment. To summarize: Voting yes – social conservatives Voting NO – everybody else Technorati Tags: Marshall Newman Amendment, Virginia Marriage Amendment
Reason #4: Vote NO if…
… you believe that civil unions, domestic partnerships and other legal agreements between unmarried couples should be legal. Technorati Tags: Marshall Newman Amendment, Virginia Marriage Amendment
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