Equality Virginia Condemns “Marriage Affirmation Act”

Equality Virginia Press Release
June 30, 2004
Today, Equality Virginia condemns the enactment of the so-called “Affirmation of Marriage Act”, which goes into effect on July 1 prohibiting civil unions and likely stripping contractual rights for tens of thousands of gay and lesbian couples statewide.

New ban on gay unions to begin

The Washington Times
June 30, 2004
By Christina Bellantoni
A ban on civil unions will become law in Virginia tomorrow, and homosexual- rights activists are planning statewide protests as well as a legal challenge.
The law, passed by an overwhelming majority, amends the state’s Affirmation of Marriage Act to prohibit recognition of same-sex unions performed in other states. It […]

Gay rights march leads to delegate’s home

Potomac News/Manassas Journal Messenger
June 27, 2004
By Keith Walker
Missy Rhinehart jumped out of her folding camp chair and grabbed her digital movie camera when about 50 gay rights supporters approached her driveway on Willow Pond Court, near Manassas Saturday.
“Oh they’ve got their flag. Here they come,” she said to her friend Chrissy Nicholson who had been […]

Gay-rights advocates march on delegate’s home

Washington Times
June 27, 2004
By Guy Taylor
MANASSAS - Homosexual-rights activists yesterday marched through this historic downtown and past the home of a Virginia legislator to protest a law that bans civil unions.
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Gays fear new state law banning civil unions could go much further

Roanoke Times
June 27, 2004
By Laurence Hammack
Early in their 20 years together, Molly McClintock and Irene Peterson came to realize the rights they didn’t have.
The Christiansburg couple closely followed the case of Sharon Kowalski, a Minnesota woman who was left brain-damaged and paralyzed by a car wreck. Even though Kowalski had indicated she wanted to be […]

Fahrenheit 751

Temperature rising as deadline approaches for anti-civil union legislation
Augusta Free Press
June 25, 2004
By Chris Graham
The gay and lesbian community in the Central Shenandoah Valley has been and is to this day eerily quiet.
It’s not hard to figure out why.
“There’s still a fear there that there might be repercussions for gays and lesbians who decide to […]

Gays plan protest march

Potomac News & Manassas Journal Messenger
June 25, 2004
By Chris Newman
Cindy Allan grew up in Dale City, her lesbian identity not accepted by her church and community.
She left the county, away from its conservative culture, to live in Alexandria.
She’s returning Saturday to march with her mom and others on Delegate Robert G. Marshall’s house to protest […]

Virginians Stand Up for Equality June 30

House Bill 751 to Prohibit Virginians from Entering into Contracts
According to a Northern Virginia coalition of religious, civic and community organizations and businesses, there is cause to learn more about and speak out against legislation that came out of the 2004 Virginia General Assembly. The “Virginians Stand Up For Equality” coalition claims that Virginia’s Marriage […]

Waters’ Bid To Restrict Libraries Is Rebuffed

Leesburg Today
June 18, 2004
by Dusty Smith
A library materials request of nearly $1 million by the Loudoun County Public Library system prompted heated debate among the board of supervisors over whether it should place restrictions on how the annual materials funding is spent . .
. . Delgaudio was the most vocal supporter of offering guidance on […]

Local Gay Activists, Church Speak Out Against State Law

Leesburg Today
June 18, 2004
By Yolanda Reyes
Equality Loudoun and Unitarian Universalists of Sterling Church have partnered for an evening of poetry in order to provide concerned gays and lesbians in Loudoun County a forum to speak out against what they believe is an unjust law.
The two groups have invited gays, lesbians, bisexuals, the transgendered community and […]

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