In case anyone is as concerned about this grossly incorrect catch-phrase as I am, let me clear it up once and for all. Virginia. Is. Not. For. Lovers.
Literally.
It is illegal to fornicate in the state of Virginia if you are not, in fact, married.
Apparently, when the Martin and Woltz agency was trying to come up with a slogan for Virginia tourism back in 1968, they went through several concepts including "VA is for Mountain Lovers," or "Virginia is for History Lovers." In the end, they thought these all too qualifying, so what did they do? They got lazy and left it at "lovers." Nice.
The most romantic thing about Virginia are the cherry blossoms in spring, and really that's DC's claim to fame, so it technically doesn't even apply. Some people tout colonial Williamsburg as "romantic." If you happen to find disneyland-priced cornbread and desperate-for-cash-costume-wearing-college-students romantic, well then, get excited!
If Martin and Woltz weren't liars, they would have kept the "history" in there.
So, all you lovers, Virginia doesn't want you. The law says so. Don't ask me how I know this.
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