VA has a proposed amendment banning same-sex marriage. Will this affect unmarried couples living together?

It will. Some companies here offer same sex and opposite sex domestic partner benefits. and other things I read the full language of the proposed amendment and I think it will affect all of those things. If it was just defining marriage which is stupid in the first place. It would simply say this law defines marriage as bieng between a man and woman.. That's it.


It is simply further discrimination in our great state of Virginia which is known for it's discrimanatory laws against many different groups. Sometimes I am embarassed that I am from Va. We already have marriage defined as bieng between a man and a woman on the books why do we need to do it AGAIN. No reason just to be mean-spirited and make another group of people feel less than human. Just like we did with black people and interracial couples and on and on the list goes.VA has a proposed amendment banning same-sex marriage. Will this affect unmarried couples living together?
Most likely. I'm not sure of the exact legislation in your state, but most of the time these sorts of things define domestic partners as an unmarried couple. Most often it has to do with insurance, property laws, taxes, etc. It stinks all around if you ask me.VA has a proposed amendment banning same-sex marriage. Will this affect unmarried couples living together?
It sure will affect unmarried couples, and will take away many rights that such couples have, such as inheritance, emergency notification, and so forth. In fact, it's so broad that it may affect a lot more. The language of it says that the Commonwealth of Virginia may not set up an entity that has the properties of a marriage, in so many words. If this is interpreted to mean any partnership, this would shut down over 50% of the business in Virginia, because partnerships are all over the place. It's too broad. It takes away rights, not grants them. It scares me.





PLEASE - vote NO! on Proposition 1 next Tuesday if you are voting in Virginia. Thanks.
No, just marriage status. You can't file taxes jointly or hold a marriage certificate. That's all.
Of course not. It defines marriage. You are not concerned with issues of marriage here. Live on in your happy unmarried way. However, if you were looking to go in the direction of common law marriage (which few states have), then it will make a difference, because you'll never be married no matter how long you live together.