Arrgh!
People occasionally ask me why I don't live in Virginia. It's cheaper than Maryland or the District. Plus, my ancestors founded the Commonwealth of Virginia, or at least participated in the Jamestown colony. It's a beautiful place.
It's a beautiful place with poison in its heart. Loving vs Virginia was the last gasp of anti-miscegnation laws. It is second only to Texas in the number of people it's put to death since the death penalty ban was overturned in 1976.
And it is the home of the most repressive DOMA in the country. Now it's attorney general wants to interfere with the academic freedoms of the state university system. The Washington Post article is here. Basically, he doesn't think they should have any wording forbidding discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression because the laws of the Commonwealth don't permit it.
I do not spend my money in Virginia. I won't even buy a cup of coffee from the Alexandria Dunkin' Donuts.
It's a beautiful place with poison in its heart. Loving vs Virginia was the last gasp of anti-miscegnation laws. It is second only to Texas in the number of people it's put to death since the death penalty ban was overturned in 1976.
And it is the home of the most repressive DOMA in the country. Now it's attorney general wants to interfere with the academic freedoms of the state university system. The Washington Post article is here. Basically, he doesn't think they should have any wording forbidding discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression because the laws of the Commonwealth don't permit it.
I do not spend my money in Virginia. I won't even buy a cup of coffee from the Alexandria Dunkin' Donuts.