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U. Richmond students concerned about Va. marriage law.
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A new Virginia law prohibiting the recognition of same-sex civil unions has sparked controversy throughout the commonwealth, and members of the University of Richmond community are involved in the debate. House Bill 751, an amendment to the Affirmation of Marriage Act for the Commonwealth of Virginia, was introduced by Delegate Robert G. Marshall (R-Prince William) and passed the House of Delegates, 79-18, and the Senate, 27-10, in April. Gov. Mark Warner proposed amendments to the bill, but it passed by a veto-proof margin (two-thirds of both houses) and went into effect on July 1. Virginia already had a law against gay marriage. But the new law also prohibits any “partnership contract or other arrangement between persons of the same sex purporting to bestow the privileges or obligations of marriage.” Partnership contracts and other arrangements between same-sex partners in another state are also void… |
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