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sex unions that were performed in other states.

The proposed change asserts Virginia and its local governments “shall not create or recognize a legal status for relationships of unmarried individuals that intends to approximate the design, qualities, significance, or effects of a marriage.” The amendment also would prevent the creation or recognition of “another union, partnership, or other legal status to which is assigned the rights, benefits, obligations, qualities, or effects of marriage.”

A “yes” vote adds these General Assembly provisions to the Constitution; a “no” vote means the Constitution will not change.

Should the Commonwealth amend its Constitution so churches may incorporate? This question has already been addressed with a 2002 federal court decision that found deny

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