WV To Consider Marriage Referendum

West Virginia already bans same-sex marriage by law, but legislators will meet next week to make double-extra sure the dirty homos don’t get any funny ideas.

State lawmakers plan to hear testimony next week about whether West Virginia should change its constitution to define marriage as between one man and one woman. In March, Republicans in the House of Delegates tried to force a floor vote on a bipartisan resolution calling for a statewide referendum to define marriage. Democrats blocked their attempts. Legislators later voted to have an interim committee study the amendment issue. Now a meeting has been set for 11 a.m. July 14 in the Senate Judiciary Committee room. Family Policy Council of West Virginia President Jeremiah Dys and a representative of the Alliance Defense Fund — a conservative organization that says it seeks to “aggressively defend religious liberty” — will speak in favor of the amendment, Dys said.

Fairness West Virginia and the ACLU will speak in opposition to any ballot measure.