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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 Looking to 2007 →

... you believe the amendment writes discrimination into the Virginia constitution. Technorati Tags: Marshall Newman Amendment, Virginia Marriage Amendment

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 VP LTE: Legal lesson for voters →

... 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

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 Another NO vote →

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 Voting NO: a couple more →

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 Bob Marshall: Virginia’s “chief homophobe” →

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 Ballot issue #1: BELIEVE!!!!! →