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Efforts at Repealing Gay Marriage Ban Fails

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February 18, 2013

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According to the Williamsburg Yorktown Daily, Virginian lawmakers failed to repeal a ban on gay marriage. Del. Scott Surovell, D-Fairfax, sponsored a House amendment resolution to re-define marriage. The current definition, “only a union between one man and one woman,” prohibits the state and local governments from creating or recognizing marriages, unions or similar relationships between couples of the same sex.

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http://wydaily.com/2013/02/18/va-lawmakers-fail-to-repeal-gay-marriage-ban/

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  • Kassim Al Azib

    How narrow-mindded can these conservative Texans be? I say it’s time for a change in that state!