And Virginia Thinks This Makes Everything OK?

It’s amazing. This has been a big year for the State of Virginia. They’ve managed to pass a constitutional amendment making marriage impossible for gay couples (and also prohibits civil unions), print up “traditional marriage” license plates as a way to rub our noses in it, and a gay adoption bill that was narrowly killed. Here’s the wording from the marriage bill, called the Marriage Affirmation Act:

“...a civil union, partnership contract or other arrangement between persons of the same sex purporting to bestow the privileges or obligations of marriage is prohibited and that such an arrangement entered into in another state or jurisdiction is void in Virginia and any contractual rights created thereby are void and unenforceable.”

If that isn’t hate and a total disdain for us, I don’t know what it. In my opinion, Virginia can take it’s insurance bill and shove it. It’s too little, too late. There’s no excuse for the hateful crap they’ve been pulling against gay families in Virginia. They are going to have to do a hell of a lot better than this.

I think we should officially launch a boycott against their damn state. That includes people transferring there for jobs, going to school there, or any other form of business we can think of. Virginia has made it extremely clear how they feel about us. I think we should return the sentiment.

(Richmond, Virginia) Virginia Gov. Mark R. Warner has signed legislation allowing insurers and businesses to extend health-insurance coverage to same-sex couples. It becomes effective July 1.

Under the new law an insurer and employer would be free to decide who would be covered under a group accident and sickness insurance policy.

“[It] provides a long-overdue option to Virginia businesses,” said Warner. “It allows private employers to extend group accident and sickness coverage to any class of persons agreed upon by the insurer and the group policyholder.” (source)