washingtonpost.com: Virginia Is for (Straight) Lovers
With the passage of the Marriage Affirmation Act last month, the General Assembly has called on Virginians to rally at the parapets for another round of massive resistance to social progress. Like segregationists of decades past, legislators have drawn a pink line in the sand relegating gay Virginians to second-class citizenship. This isn’t just a return to one of Virginia’s most sacred institutions — “separate but equal” — this is 21st-century apartheid, Virginia style.