Onward Christian soldiers - Part III

Virginia's the State in the news today, I guess. Aside from its Rethug proposal to make women report miscarriages to the police and its offering of Claude Allen, The Washington Times reports another zealot proposal...

The legislature will consider a state constitutional amendment to uphold marriage as the union of a man and a woman, by reaffirming the traditional definition of marriage.

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Lawmakers also will consider creating a special driver's license plate for supporters of traditional marriage. The license plate would feature two interlocked golden wedding bands over a red heart.

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Both measures have a good chance of passing Virginia's Republican-controlled General Assembly, which begins its session Jan. 12. The legislature overwhelmingly has approved previous efforts to support traditional marriage.

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The legislature must approve the amendment two years in a row before sending the measure to the voters.

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"It would probably be better policy if everyone on both sides agreed that maybe you can put your sports team or your college on your license plate," he said. "There's nothing wrong with putting a bumper sticker that advocates a political position, but the state approving political statements of any type maybe ought not to be on a license plate."

[Gov. Mark Warner, a Democrat] said he thinks a constitutional amendment is not necessary because of the existing bans on same-sex "marriages," even though he is against such unions.

Something tells me both measures are shoe-ins and Governor Warner is on his way out the door.

Doug Ireland says:

After reading this, my friend John Stauber e-mailed a suggested slogan for this license plate: "I don't brake for fags!"

Today I saw a bumper sticker here in Columbia, MO, that said: Nobody knows I'm a Lesbian.

Pretty bold for this part of the country.