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EQUALITY VIRGINIA APPLAUDS SENATE VOTE DENYING ACTION ON FMA

Equality Virginia News July 14, 2004 Bi-Partisan Vote Demonstrates Clear Rejection of Cynical Election-Year Ploy In a stunning defeat for anti-gay extremists nationwide, the U.S. Senate today failed to muster even a simple majority to close debate, or “cloture”, on … Continue reading

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EV UPDATE: VIRGINIANS STOOD UP FOR EQUALITY!

On Wednesday, the evening before the so-called “Marriage Affirmation Act”, HB 751, went into effect, the statewide Virginians Stand Up for Equality coalition held seven simultaneous events to kick-off a concerted grassroots effort to overturn HB 751 and to educate … Continue reading

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Equality Virginia Condemns “Marriage Affirmation Act”

Equality Virginia Press Release June 30, 2004 Today, Equality Virginia condemns the enactment of the so-called “Affirmation of Marriage Act”, which goes into effect on July 1 prohibiting civil unions and likely stripping contractual rights for tens of thousands of … Continue reading

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Bipartisan Support for Equality in VA General Assembly

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 29, 2003 Dyana Mason, Equality Virginia, 804-643-4816 Joshua Israel, Virginia Partisans, 703-527-9149 David Lampo, Log Cabin Republicans of Virginia, 202-789-5286 GOVERNOR, LT. GOVERNOR AND ATTORNEY GENERAL, NEARLY HALF OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEMBERS PLEDGE NOT TO DISCRIMINATE … Continue reading

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