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An effort is under way to overturn Virginia's constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, but it's a long shot.

State delegate David Englin is trying for the third time to repeal his state's ban, which was passed by 57% of the electorate in the 2006 general election.

Englin sponsored House Joint Resolution 55 to get the ball rolling on a repeal. Englin's resolution first must be passed by a majority of the house and senate, and then after a legislative election, it must be approved again by both bodies. After that, the proposal would go to voters in a statewide election. "If we are to take our founding values seriously, where we say that every human being deserves equal treatment under the law, then we cannot enshrine in the Constitution a policy that boils down to nothing but bigotry," Englin told Virginia's Gainesville Times.

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Neal Broverman is the Editorial Director, Print of Pride Media, publishers of The Advocate, Out, Out Traveler, and Plus, spending more than 20 years in journalism. He indulges his interest in transportation and urban planning with regular contributions to Los Angeles magazine, and his work has also appeared in the Los Angeles Times and USA Today. He lives in the City of Angels with his husband, children, and their chiweenie.
Neal Broverman is the Editorial Director, Print of Pride Media, publishers of The Advocate, Out, Out Traveler, and Plus, spending more than 20 years in journalism. He indulges his interest in transportation and urban planning with regular contributions to Los Angeles magazine, and his work has also appeared in the Los Angeles Times and USA Today. He lives in the City of Angels with his husband, children, and their chiweenie.