QOTW #4

Though there are many important political issues facing the state of Virginia, one of the most important is gay marriage. Though an alteration to the Virginia Constitution declaring marriage to be only between a man and a woman was recently passed by Virginia voters, a large and growing portion of the electorate supports free and equal marriages between homosexual partners. In my opinion, striking the alteration and expressly allowing gay and lesbian marriages would be unquestionably a good step forward for the entirety of the states population, expanding an important, though mostly symbolic right to a segment of the population which is as deserving of it as any other group.