Virginia Question 2 would remove the state Constitution’s existing prohibition on same-sex marriage, affirm that two adults may marry regardless of sex, gender, or race, and require legally valid marriages to be treated equally under law. Same-sex marriages are currently legally recognized under federal constitutional doctrine and federal law, but Virginia’s older constitutional text remains on the books. Voters therefore face a choice between merely deleting the obsolete prohibition on same-sex marriage and affirmatively adding an equal-marriage guarantee designed to remain operative if federal doctrine changes later. A constitution should say what the law actually is, not preserve a prohibition courts no longer enforce. The remaining question is whether Virginia should simply remove the old ban or affirmatively guarantee equal marriage treatment for the future.