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House Votes to Remove Constitutional Language Banning Recognition of Same‑Sex Marriage
Summary
House Joint Resolution 9, which would strike language from the state constitution that forbids recognition of unions approximating marriage and replace it with a non-discrimination provision on the issuance of marriage licenses, passed the House 58–35 with 2 abstentions.
The Virginia House of Delegates on Tuesday agreed to House Joint Resolution 9 by a recorded vote of 58 ayes, 35 noes and 2 abstentions. The resolution would remove a clause in the state constitution adopted in 2006 that barred the Commonwealth from recognizing relationships that "approximate" marriage and would replace it with language guaranteeing that the Commonwealth shall not deny the issuance of a marriage license on the basis of sex, gender or race.
Sponsor Delegate Mark Sickles (Fairfax) and other…
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