Over the past months, 12 SA groups in the northern Virginia/Washington D.C. region have voted to clarify “spouse” and “marriage” in the SA definition of sobriety, stating that sober sex in SA can find its expression only in a vowed and legal union between a man and a woman. This clarification now is read at the beginning of these groups’ meetings.

The local Intergroup also has voted to clarify. After some false starts and months of discussion, the Virginia/Maryland/Washington D.C. Intergroup voted 14 to five that it understands marriage in SA to be a vowed and legal union between a man and a woman.