Gay Marriage Amendment Set To Return To Virginia Legislature

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http://www.365gay.com/Newscon05/12/122705virginia.htm

Social conservatives will continue to push their agenda in the 2006 General Assembly despite losses by two of their favorite legislators in the fall elections, activists and lawmakers say.

The defeats of Republican Dels. Dick Black of Loudoun County and Brad Marrs of Chesterfield County were viewed by some as evidence that Virginians are tired of legislators focusing on hot-button social issues instead of core services such as public education and transportation.

"The voters of Virginia have spoken, and it would behoove the legislators to listen to those voters and address more pressing statewide issues," said Ben Greenberg, executive director of Planned Parenthood Advocates of Virginia.

Marrs complained that the news media made too much of campaign literature in which he pointed out that his opponent, independent Katherine Waddell, received a big donation from an openly gay auto dealer.

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1. Just once, I'd like some member of the "Party of Personal Responsibility"

to actually take some, instead, they are always finding someone else to blame.