Yearly Archives: 2006

“NoVa4marriage” launches. Hilarity ensues.

Our anti-gay friends from NoVA Townhall have launched their website pimping for the Marshall-Newman amendment. A brief frolic through the linkfarm yields this gem: “It is the hope of the homosexual community that if they can masquerade as successful parents, … Continue reading

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It’s the economy, stupid.

Another editorial from the series on GLBT life in the Daily Press: Intolerance is costly: Marriage amendment would hurt our ability to lure companies here May 28, 2006 By John Sternlicht If Virginia voters endorse the Marshall/Newman amendment, the so-called … Continue reading

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We must be for real, we have a song

Update: New mix available for download here. Compliments of Waldo, a Marshall-Newman Amendment protest song. You can download it from the author/musician, Brady Earnhart. A commenter has posted the lyrics to Waldo’s site. In response to one of our local … Continue reading

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Faith Groups Key in Marriage Debate

Note that the Some Families Foundation plans to focus heavily on African-American churches in their campaign to drum up support for the amendment. Also note the prominent role of Jack Stagman’s “Loudoun Church Alliance,” which he previously claimed did not … Continue reading

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Virginia’s property rights are at risk in November

More from the Daily Press: …[T]oday, the majority of assets owned by Virginians are subject to private contracts and agreements and do not pass to loved ones under their wills or probate. Most of the assets we have today are … Continue reading

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Thoughts of some fellow Virginians

Came across some letters to the editor from the Daily Press in Hampton Roads about their series on the local gay community. I especially like the first one, it made me laugh: After reading the May 13 article, “Gay-marriage ban … Continue reading

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Let California be California

Reading some blogs, our fellow Virginians are quite active. This one came across my eyes when one sentence stood out and in my silly mind, thought about aliens (a seeming advancement of “modern intelligent beings” such as us here on … Continue reading

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