So, with all the other pressing issues in the Commonwealth of Virginia, like oh, I don't know, transportation in Northern VA, and perhaps education, they are getting ready to ban Gay Marriage, a most pressing social issue. Well, VA is after all home to two of the premier Fundie Whackos in 'Murka ... Pat and Jerry.

The state Senate all but guaranteed on Wednesday that Virginia will hold a November referendum on whether to amend its 230-year-old Bill of Rights to bar same-sex marriages.
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"The family is the foundation of our society, and it's been based on a union of a man and a woman since the inception of marriage," said Del. John A. Cosgrove (R-Chesapeake). "A constitutional amendment . . . will protect that."

But oh, wait. The zaniness in Virginia continues and this from a Northern Virginia Democrat, no less...

In a society that loves to assure itself that it is oh-so-child-oriented, the war against kids is raging with renewed vigor. In Richmond, where state lawmakers nearly fall over each other competing to see who can concoct the wackiest proposals, the bizarre bill of the day is House Bill 1368, the Home Serenity and Tranquility Act of 2006.

This feat of legislative creativity would ban all athletic activities on every sports field and every swimming pool in the state of Virginia, even apparently including indoor facilities, before 8 in the morning, after 6 in the afternoon, or at any time on Sundays, unless the organizers of the event got written permission from every single homeowner within 65 yards of the facility. I kid you not.

This would effectively mean a ban on all athletic activity after the work and school days and on Sundays throughout all of Virginia. ...
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Where does such a venemous proposal come from? Well, literally, it comes from the pen of a Fairfax County Democratic state delegate named Robert Hull. But of course now that he has every youth soccer league, Little League and parent from here to the Tennessee border thinking of him as Oscar the Grouch, Scrooge and Fagin all rolled into one, Hull has beaten a quick retreat and declared himself an opponent of his own bill. Seems he only offered the bill as a favor to a constituent, who, of course, he will not name.

I'll say this for the Va lege...they certainly have the corner on weirdness:

But Richmond remains the national capital of silliness. This is what makes state legislatures so much fun for reporters to write about, but it's not hugely comforting to folks who take voting seriously.

Still to come in Richmond: So many stupendous bills, including Del. Bob Marshall's proposal to hold colleges liable for any injuries suffered by students who are given morning after pills by the student health service.