45 Republicans voted to keep Virginia’s same-sex marriage ban

Erika Turner (R) and Jennifer Melsop (L) of Centreville, Virginia marry on the first day same-sex marriages became legal in Virginia, Oct. 6, 2014. Republicans seek to preserve the law that would nullify their marriage. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

The debate over same-sex marriage was muted—and made moot—in 2015, with the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges. But, even with the ratification of same-sex unions written into national law, discrimination against them still remain ingrained in the…