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Va. Senate approves resolution to repeal marriage amendment

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The Virginia Senate on Tuesday approved a resolution that seeks to repeal a state constitutional amendment that defines marriage as between a man and a woman.

The resolution that state Sen. Adam Ebbin (D-Alexandria) introduced passed by a 24-15 vote margin. An identical measure that state Del.

Mark Sickles (D-Fairfax County) has proposed passed in the Virginia House of Delegates last week. Sickles and Ebbin are both gay.

Voters approved the Marshall-Newman Amendment in 2006. Same-sex couples have been able to legally marry in Virginia since 2014.

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