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Today’s conservative reason to vote NO

“Leave me alone” conservatives should understand. If two adult individuals certify that they will be faithful to each other, share property, care for each other, and to be a couple until death do they part, why on earth would anybody with a heart want to say no, or worse yet, require the state to intervene in their most highly valued personal contract?
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Constitution Abuse

In today’s Washington Post, a no less conservative commentator than Charles Krauthammer has weighed in on the wrongheadedness of the “Marriage Protection Act.” In A Ban We Don’t (Yet) Need, buried in the usual nonsensical complaints about “redefining marriage” (water … Continue reading

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Kaine declines to sign

Update: Other conversations going on at Virginia Centrist, Not Larry Sabato and Virginia Progressive. Governor Tim Kaine has refused to sign the enabling legislation that will allow the Marshall-Newman amendment to appear on the ballot in November, and urged Virginians … Continue reading

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Sorry, Victoria: It isn’t so simple

Apparently, what the Commonwealth Coalition has been saying is true: You can believe to the depths of your soul that marriage is the sacred union of one man and one woman, and also think that the Marshall-Newman amendment is a … Continue reading

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50-50 split on amendment poll

The results of the Too Conservative poll on the Marshall-Newman amendment are posted. Of 300 respondents, it was a 50-50 split. This means absolutely nothing other than what it is on its face: A sample of people who read Virginia … Continue reading

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Dictates on Marriage

Washington Post Loudoun Extra December 11, 2004 Loudoun County attracts all manner of anti-gay ideologues. They participate in local and state government, support misnamed “Marriage Affirmation” legislation and run advocacy groups that fabricate political issues from prejudice and fear. Many … Continue reading

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Reality of Bad Marriages

Washington Post Loudoun Extra October 7, 2004 Contrary to the statement of the Rev. Jack Stagman of the Loudoun Church Alliance [“Religious Groups Nurturing Marriage,” Metro, Sept. 28], equality for same-sex couples was very much an issue at the Healthy … Continue reading

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