This is our political campaign, and we'll do it as if we were running for statewide office. We are prepared to fight the so-called marriage amendment at the ballot box.

I think personally the bill was misguided from the start.

I think the fact that questions weren't even raised shows this bill was misguided from the start.

It's really an attack on all Virginia families. Even the proponents of the bill recognized there were all these exceptions and generalities.

Our goal was basically to make sure the voters clearly knew what the amendment would mean and what it would do.

We're very happy the Senate chose to keep the full text of the amendment as the ballot question. It's really important that voters know what their vote will mean when they cast it in November. We look forward to having that discussion with the voters.