The state Senate also backed proposed amendments to repeal the ban on same-sex marriage in the state constitution and to automatically restore voting rights to felons who served their terms.

Henson, Jr., said in statement on Saturday, about codify same-sex and interracial marriage in Virginia. Henson and Sen. Adam Ebbin authored identical bills – both passed each chamber.

There were tears, yells and a call of “out of order” but by the end of the day Virginia’s Senate on Tuesday passed three resolutions aimed at enshrining certain civil rights into the state’s ...