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