Va. quickly emerging as key in gay marriage fight

AP-Yahoo ^ | 1-19-14 | STEVE SZKOTAK

[Oliviaforever]

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Almost overnight, Virginia has emerged as a critical state in the nationwide fight to grant gay men and women the right to wed.

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[highball]

That's because the Republican nominee was corrupt. We need to nominate men who are both conservative and worthy of the office.

[GeronL]

What fight??

One left-wing judge will decide. They can lose in court 12 times and win once, and it will be “settled law”.

[Ransomed]

Also the choice given between Romney and Ron Paul in the nomination election turned a lot of folks off from state republicans, in my opinion.

Freegards

[SoFloFreeper]

Uh huh. Right.

[highball]

You could be right. I wouldn’t know.

But man, I hope not. And if so we’ll need them to get over the disappointing primary soon. I don’t know what races Florida is contesting this year, but 2016 isn’t that far away.

[highball]

Ugh. Sorry, Virginia.

My kingdom for an edit button.