# Defense of Marriage in Virginia

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defense-of-marriage-in-virginia/378024>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [October 26, 2006, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defense-of-marriage-in-virginia/378024 "2006-10-26T21:14:20Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defense-of-marriage-in-virginia/378024/36 "2006-10-27T16:33:56Z")

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[QUOTE=Steve MB]  
Who knows? The current mess in Ohio indicates that it’s luck of the judicial draw, at least insofar as how many layers of process you need to plow through to get justice.

I see no merit whatsoever to opening the same can of worms in Virginia.  
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Do you have a good-faith belief that the ultimate result of the passage of the marriage amendment in Virginia will be the loss, as a matter of law, of the protections of Virginia Code 18.2-57.2, for unmarried family or household members as defined in Virginia Code 16.1-228?

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