Feb. 8 (UPI) — Virginia lawmakers decided Tuesday against letting voters decide whether to remove language barring same-sex marriage from the state’s constitution or giving voting rights to felons who have completed their sentences.
A House of Delegates subcommittee voted 5-4 against the constitutional amendment, which would have given the right to vote to convicted felons who have completed their sentences.
The panel also voted 6-4 to reject a proposed amendment that would remove language baring same-sex marriage from the state constitution.
The measure proposed removing language in the constitution referring to marriage as only a union between a man and woman, instead calling it a fundamental right for all.