As the chief House of Delegates sponsor of the 2006 voter approved “one-man, one-woman” marriage amendment to Virginia’s Constitution, I want to alert your readers to Democratic efforts to take the ...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A federal judge has refused to dismiss a legal challenge by a group objecting to a requirement that race be listed on Virginia marriage license applications. A lawsuit filed ...

Virginia’s Constitution bans same-sex marriages and has since 2006, when voters approved a ballot measure that reads: “Only a union between one man and one woman may be a marriage valid in or ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. abigail spanberger signing a piece of legislation alongside advocates At a signing ceremony in Richmond, Spanberger described the ...

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A federal judge ruled Thursday that Virginia's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, making it the first state in the South to have its voter-approved prohibition ...

Protections for reproductive rights, marriage equality and the restoration of voting rights for some felons could be enshrined in the Virginia state constitution if measures that a committee ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A Republican lawmaker in Virginia is pushing legislation that would allow clerks to refuse to issue licenses for marriages they object to on moral or religious grounds. Republican ...

Gay marriage cases are proceeding slowly but surely in the wake of the Supreme Court struck down the Defense of Marriage Act in July. Thirteen states have legal gay marriage, and according to the ...