A 'No' Vote On Virginia Amendment 2 Is A Vote for Marriage

Marriage is not some esoteric thing. It has been part and parcel of the lives of most human beings for millennia. 

John M. Grondelski | October 17, 2026

Virginians go to the polls this fall to vote on Amendment 2, a change repealing the state constitution’s current dormant ban on same-sex marriage. A “no” vote is a vote for the truth of marriage and its connection to procreation as well as an affirmation of popular democracy against judicial imposition and straitjacketing the options of future legislatures.

A “No” Vote on Virginia Amendment 2 Is a Vote for Marriage

Virginians go to the polls this fall to elect a U.S. senator, members of Congress, and vote on three state constitutional amendments. Amendment 1 declares abortion-on-demand throughout pregnancy to be a “fundamental right” the state cannot limit. Amendment 3 repeals limits on post-conviction voting by felons. Amendment 2, which has flown somewhat under the radar, is about “same-sex marriage.”

In 2006, Virginia voters changed the state constitution to define marriage as a union of one man and one woman. They approved that change by 57.1% of the vote. What subsequently became Article 1.15(A) of the state constitution defines marriage as a monogamous, sexually differentiated institution and bans the state from adopting alternative models to marriage, e.g., civil unions.

Virginia’s definition of marriage became unenforceable in 2015 when the U.S. Supreme Court’s Obergefell decision invented a “right” to “same-sex marriage.”

If approved, Amendment 2 does two major things: (1) it repeals the 2006 changes to the state........

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