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Youngkin signs marriage equality measure, takes tougher line against gun control
Virginia Mercury ^ | March 9th 2024 | GRAHAM MOOMAW

Posted on 03/10/2024 11:09:15 AM PDT by Ennis85

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1 posted on 03/10/2024 11:09:15 AM PDT by Ennis85
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To: Ennis85

Angling for a possible VP selection?


2 posted on 03/10/2024 11:10:58 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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To: Ennis85

Can I ask a stupid question?

Legally ,we know homosexual marriage is permitted Nationwide because of a Supreme Court decision.

But we also know, legally speaking , Virginia has a state Constitutional Amendment banning same-sex marriage.

If the Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriage were ever overturned, wouldn’t the existing state Constitutional Amendment then become effective again?

How can a regular statute law signed by the governor override the state Constitutional Amendment?

If activists in Virginia are really concerned about protecting same-sex marriage, wouldn’t they have to work to overturn the Constitutional Amendment, and not just have a regular statute law signed by the governor?


3 posted on 03/10/2024 11:18:16 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Ennis85

Nice guy but we have enough societal faggotism and gay “marriage” is a sham. People with sexual disorders should NEVER be given children not their own.

Or why I hate GOP “moderates.”


4 posted on 03/10/2024 11:21:33 AM PDT by AAABEST (That time Washington DC became a corrupted, existential threat to us all...)
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“The proposal undermines the tangible link between substance use and harm to children,” Youngkin said. …
Nothing about the tangible link between same-sex “marriage” and harm to children though.
5 posted on 03/10/2024 11:31:53 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: AAABEST

Agreed. So beyond sick of the kowtowing to the sodomite faction. It’s nauseating.


6 posted on 03/10/2024 11:35:46 AM PDT by Antoninus (Republicans are all honorable men.)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Because the Virginia Constitution’s marriage amendment has been ruled unconstitutional. It is therefore unenforceable. Virginia’s legislature has passed a law in compliance with the US Supreme Court’s ruling.

If the USSC ever reverses itself on homosexual marriage, then the Virginia amendment would again be constitutional and enforceable, and the law just passed would then be ruled as unconstitutional by Virginia courts and be voided.


7 posted on 03/10/2024 11:42:29 AM PDT by GreenLanternCorps (Hi! I'm the Dread Pirate Roberts! (TM) Ask about franchise opportunities in your area.)
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To: rktman
Angling for a possible VP selection?

Not a shot. Youngkin is way too smart for that.

8 posted on 03/10/2024 11:52:36 AM PDT by KevinB (Word for the day: "kakistocracy" - a society governed by its least suitable or competent citizens)
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To: KevinB

🤣👍


9 posted on 03/10/2024 11:55:52 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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To: All

Thank God, I was really worried about faggots being fake married. Hopefully someday they find a cure for being a homo and I never have to see a rainbow flag again.


10 posted on 03/10/2024 11:56:22 AM PDT by escapefromboston (Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.)
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To: Ennis85

Very disappointing. He had nothing to lose from vetoing this disgusting bill.


11 posted on 03/10/2024 12:10:26 PM PDT by fwdude (.When unarmed Americans are locked up for protesting a stolen election, you know it was stolen.)
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To: fwdude

“Very disappointing. He had nothing to lose from vetoing this disgusting bill.”

Yes he did — 1st amendment protections for clergy and others who morally oppose being forced to perform the marriages. His signature codifies their refusal as protected speech in Virginia.


12 posted on 03/10/2024 12:24:10 PM PDT by the Original Dan Vik ("Men don't follow titles, they follow courage." -William Wallace in Braveheart, 1995)
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To: Ennis85
Youngkin’s office largely emphasized the faith-based exemptions in the bill allowing clergy and religious organizations to decline to perform same-sex weddings.

But what about businesses facing the possibility of having to participate in them?

13 posted on 03/10/2024 12:26:19 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (FBI out of Florida!)
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To: Ennis85

It is called the “RINO blink”...


14 posted on 03/10/2024 12:32:31 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is the next Sam Adams when we so desperately need him)
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To: Ennis85

Yuck. Why would he feel the need for a marriage equality bill? Such a bill is an embrace of the same denial of reality as does transgender validation. Might as well declare a horse a unicorn.

Otherwise his positions seem acceptable
https://virginiamercury.com/2021/11/01/cheat-sheet-youngkin-and-mcauliffe-on-the-issues/


15 posted on 03/10/2024 1:00:57 PM PDT by JayGalt
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To: rktman

Senate


16 posted on 03/10/2024 1:12:52 PM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA! DEATH TO MARXISM AND GFLOBALISM ! AMERICA, COWBOY UP!)
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To: Ennis85

Should veto anything democrats send him.


17 posted on 03/10/2024 1:34:36 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: the Original Dan Vik

You have to be kidding. So, the First Amendment alone wasn’t sufficient without this bill to protect clergy against being forced to perform non-marriages? You have no idea what this legislation does.


18 posted on 03/10/2024 7:01:29 PM PDT by fwdude (.When unarmed Americans are locked up for protesting a stolen election, you know it was stolen.)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

My guess is that it’s a case of leftists simply ignoring the laws they don’t like.


19 posted on 03/10/2024 9:21:37 PM PDT by vpintheak (Sometimes you’re the windshield, sometimes you’re the bug. )
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To: fwdude

“You have to be kidding. So, the First Amendment alone wasn’t sufficient without this bill to protect clergy against being forced to perform non-marriages? You have no idea what this legislation does.”

Perhaps you would like to elaborate on what this legislation does?


20 posted on 03/11/2024 6:30:49 AM PDT by the Original Dan Vik ("Men don't follow titles, they follow courage." -William Wallace in Braveheart, 1995)
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