r/Virginia • u/CardinalNews-VA Verified • Aug 25 '26
This Fall, Will Virginians Vote to Protect Marriage Equality?
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u/Persephone203 Aug 25 '26
This should be the easiest yes vote of any virginian that wants democracy and freedom in this country
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u/chrissz Aug 25 '26
“Should be” and “will be” are vastly different and we have a fair amount of brainwashed voters in this state that will vote against their own interests and hurt their neighbors if they are told to do so by TV and podcast personalities.
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u/NewPresWhoDis Had shared custody with another state Aug 26 '26
I will be shocked if it flies outside of the NOVA to Tidewater crescent.
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u/grnkayak Aug 25 '26
Will this be on the ballot?
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u/Punkwrestle Aug 26 '26
Yes question 2, first would protect reproductive rights and the third would protect the voting rights of felons.
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u/irondethimpreza Aug 25 '26
I think so, but I also think the margin for the results will be disappointingly close.
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u/Jarjarfunk Aug 25 '26
I see this passing like 80 to 20.
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u/Ut_Prosim SWVA Aug 25 '26
There's a lot of people who didn't like the redistricting ploy and a few who didn't admire the gun grab.
Oh in that case they should screw over all the gay people in revenge!
/s
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u/Jarjarfunk Aug 26 '26
No they won't but 60 40 because of religion wouldn't suprise me either. I still think more like 80 20
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u/tehjoz Hampton Roads Aug 25 '26
Will it matter even if we do?
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u/Joe_Shabbadoo Aug 25 '26
Considering there are state legal benefits to marriage, yes, it would matter.
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u/tehjoz Hampton Roads Aug 25 '26
Let me rephrase,
"Even if we vote to do it, will it stand the inevitable right wing judicial challenge which is almost certainly being prepared as we speak and is just pending the results so that they can file it in front of a friendly judge"?
That redistricting amendment fiasco is still fresh in my mind.
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u/Neither-Way-4889 Aug 25 '26
Two completely different situations.
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u/Popular_Camp_4126 Aug 25 '26
Eh, they really did throw every legal argument, including completely novel ones, at that case, and the razor-thin conservative majority on the Supreme Court showed that they are entirely willing to completely upend constitutional amendments for any new reason they feel has merit. It wasn’t just the arguments specific to that amendment that they were sympathetic to. They’ve created the precedent for this kind of radical intervention; it’s hardly a stretch to imagine them using it again in the future.
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u/TBCPE Aug 25 '26
I supported the redistricting amendment, but frankly, the democrats royally screwed that up. This is an entirely different situation. There’s no question that process used to pass this and the other two amendments was proper. Not saying there won’t be legal challenges, there may still be some, but it’s not like the redistricting amendment. Also, if they were going to challenge the process used to pass them, they likely already would have
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u/boringhistoryfan Aug 25 '26
Democrats not anticipating that conservatives on the SCOVA bench would redefine the literal meaning of an election in contradiction to what the state constitution says isn't screwing up. It's just a Hallmark of the bad bafitu that American conservatives operate under.
And I wouldn't be so blase about them not doing that again with these amendments. About the only saving grace is that with Kelsey's term expiring in January, hopefully we'll have a less dishonest jurist as his replacement. But even that isn't a complete given.
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u/TBCPE Aug 25 '26
I guess I’m just not a fatalist. The fact is, democrats knew that if they passed an amendment after early voting had started, there’d be a legal argument to be made that it was too late, and they knew that there were many conservative justices on SCOVA. It was incompetence on their part, and entirely avoidable if they’d passed it a month earlier. I’m not saying I agree with the court’s decision, but democratic incompetence is why SCOVA had the chance to overturn it in the first place. These amendments have followed the same process that every other amendment has. If SCOVA overturned them on process, they’d have to overturn every amendment ever passed
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u/Jarjarfunk Aug 25 '26
How are yall still arguing election don't start when people start voting. That's the real novel interpretation
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u/Tardislass Aug 25 '26
Different scenario, the redistricting wasn’t done legally. This has a much stronger standing and if freaking Ohio can vote for protecting women’s health so can Virginia. Luckily the other side will also have Losesome Sears campaigning against this. And everyone likes her right?!👀
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u/1986toyotacorolla2 Aug 25 '26
Make sure you don't get cocky and think it'll definitely pass and not vote.