Virginia Prepares Constitutional Amendment Amid New Marriage Equality Threat

by RVA Staff | COMMUNITY, NEWS, POLITICS, QUEER RVA

Nearly a decade after refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, former Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis is back in the headlines and this time, she’s asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Obergefell v. Hodges, the 2015 ruling that made marriage...

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