Dec 01, 2006Articles: Groups Protest the Marriage Amendment
By vanrozenheim
(USA) - Since November’s passage of Ballot Question No. 1, also known as the marriage amendment, groups all over Virginia have spoken out in protest. Gay rights organizations, including Tech’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Alliance, Equality Virginia and Hollins University’s OutLoud organization have stepped forward to exhibit their dissent towards the amendment in attempts to repeal it from Virginia’s constitution. “It was painful,” said Liz Ford, the president of LGBTA and a fifth-year student double majoring in interdisciplinary studies and art. “We had done a lot of work, and it has solidified how people think of us here.”
