Gay marriage legal in virginia

Same-sex marriage has been legal in Virginia since October 6, , following the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court not to hear an appeal of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ' ruling in Bostic v. Schaefer.

A decade later, though, Virginia’s ban on same-sex marriage remains written into the fundamental law of the commonwealth — moot for now, but language that would come back into force if a future U.S. Supreme Court ever changed its mind, as it sometimes does.

The Senate has voted to advance a bill that would protect same-sex and interracial marriages under federal law, setting the legislation on a path to final passage.

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — A bill adding language in the state code legalizing same-sex marriage passed in the Virginia Senate with a bipartisan vote. The proposal would insert a new section in.