{"id":32371,"date":"2024-03-17T13:35:44","date_gmt":"2024-03-17T20:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=32371"},"modified":"2024-03-17T13:35:45","modified_gmt":"2024-03-17T20:35:45","slug":"anti-lgbtq-governor-signs-bill-codifying-same-sex-marriage-in-virginia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2024\/03\/17\/anti-lgbtq-governor-signs-bill-codifying-same-sex-marriage-in-virginia\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-LGBTQ+ governor signs bill codifying same-sex marriage in Virginia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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He also vetoed a bill that would dial back the book-banning frenzy in the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By\u00a0Greg Owen<\/a>\u00a0Monday, March 11, 2024 (lgbtqnation.com)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R)Photo: Shutterstock<\/small><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Confronted with a newly Democrat-dominated legislature, Virginia governor Glenn Youngkin (R) signed a bill on Friday codifying same-sex marriage in the Commonwealth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Youngkin\u2019s signature, the Democratic-sponsored bill ensures same-sex marriage remains legal in Virginia regardless of any change in federal protections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Alabama Supreme Court would like to do to marriage equality what it did to IVF<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Chief Justice Tom Parker has made overturning marriage equality one of his main goals.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Marriage licenses must be issued to any two people seeking a \u201clawful marriage\u201d in Virginia regardless of gender, race or sex, according to the new law. The Supreme Court\u2019s ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges <\/em>guaranteed that same personal right nationwide in 2015, but the high court\u2019s ruling overturning Roe v. Wade<\/em> in 2022 opened the door for the reconsideration of other personal rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In a concurring opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization<\/em> that year, Justice Clarence Thomas argued the Supreme Court \u201cshould reconsider\u201d its past rulings codifying rights to contraception access, same-sex relationships, and same-sex marriage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prior to the enactment of the new law, if the Supreme Court were to overturn the right to same-sex marriage, Virginia\u2019s 2006 constitutional ban on same-sex marriage would have taken effect. That ban has been moot since Obergefell.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Democrats in Virginia and other states with similar prohibitions on the books have legislation in the works to repeal them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the new law takes effect, the governor\u2019s office emphasized faith-based exemptions allowing clergy and religious organizations to decline to perform same-sex weddings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe bill adds First Amendment protections to the code of Virginia,\u201d said Youngkin spokesman Christian Martinez. \u201cReligious organizations and members of the clergy acting in their religious capacity now have the authority to decline to officiate marriage ceremonies that violate their conscience. The remainder of the bill deals with the ministerial duties of issuing licenses, which is already guided by federal preemption.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite those exemptions, advocacy group Equality Virginia credited Youngkin for his signature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTwo years into his term, Governor Youngkin has shown leadership and inclusivity, and has finally listened to his constituents with his signing of HB174,\u201d said Narissa Rahaman, Equality Virginia\u2019s executive director.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Youngkin signed the bill despite his historically anti-LGBTQ+ stances. He has, among other things, supported numerous policies attacking LGBTQ+ students under the guise of so-called \u201cparents\u2019 rights\u201d in education, and in an  October 2021 interview with the Associated Press<\/a>, Youngkin said he didn\u2019t personally support same-sex marriage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While signing the marriage equality bill, Youngkin also vetoed a bill designed to dial back the book-banning frenzy in Virginia. In 2022, the Republican-controlled legislature passed a law requiring schools to notify parents about sexually explicit reading assignments. Book-banning zealots used the rule as a pretext to scour library shelves and remove \u201coffensive\u201d texts wholesale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Youngkin also took the opportunity to broaden a notification requirement about gun safety in schools into a culture war issue, proposing an amendment that would grant parental \u201crights\u201d to shield children from sexually explicit material in schools.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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