                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

MARRIAGE LAWFUL REGARDLESS OF SEX, GENDER, OR RACE OF PARTIES (§ 20-13.2)

No person authorized by § 20-14 to issue a marriage license shall deny the
issuance of such license to two parties contemplating a lawful marriage on the
basis of the sex, gender, or race of such parties. Such lawful marriages shall
be recognized in the Commonwealth regardless of the sex, gender, or race of the
parties.
		Religious organizations and members of the clergy acting in their religious
capacity shall have the right to refuse to perform any marriage.

HISTORY: 2024, cc. 21, 760.