Winsome Earle-Sears is returning to the campaign trail less than a year after voters decisively rejected her bid for governor. Related: GOP candidate claims firing people for being gay ‘is not discrimination’ in Virginia governor’s debateThe marriage amendment would remove the ban on same-sex marriage that Virginia voters placed in the state constitution in 2006. Related: New Abigail Spanberger ad hits Winsome Earle-Sears for saying firing gay people is 'not discrimination'Supporters of the proposed amendment say that is more than a symbolic problem. During her only televised debate with Spanberger, the Democrat raised Earle-Sears’ opposition to marriage equality and workplace protections for gay people. Virginia voters ultimately gave Spanberger 57.6 percent of the vote and Earle-Sears 42.2 percent.