Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II has not wasted time carrying out his conservative social agenda. He has sent a letter to the state’s public colleges and universities to rescind policies that ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation — advising them that they have no authority to ban such discrimination.
Cuccinelli (R) told the colleges and universities that only the General Assembly can extend legal protections to gay state employees, students and others. The letter states: “It is my advice that the law and public policy of the Commonwealth of Virginia prohibit a college or university from including ‘sexual orientation,’ ‘gender identity,’ ‘gender expression,’ or like classification as a protected class within its non-discrimination policy absent specific authorization from the General Assembly.”
This could result in a serious confrontation between the state and the schools.
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GRIW:
“Good for them.”
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Right you are (though likely not in the way you intended). I do admit some glee that the parents of this child have separated him from the corrosive religiosity and hypocrisy of this “church” but I still think the compassionate churchman needs to be called to account. Don’t you?
Good for them.
A fairly outrageous story has surfaced about a Boulder, Colorado Catholic School expelling a pre-schooler because his parents are gay. The reason given is that inclusion of the child might confuse him. Really? The pastor has posted his rationale in his website. This is the world Ken Cuccinelli wants but as applied to secular schools. It’s worth a read into the heat of darkness. You’ll find my comment there too:
http://www.fatherbillsblog.com/heart/2010/03/what-wisdom-is-at-work-in-not-having-children-of-a-gay-marriage-in-a-catholic-school.html
Why do people give extra rights to them Homo’s? I think they should live the death as the bible teaches. The pope is a head of the largest queers ever. He should be ashamed in hiding behind his dress.
Byron,
Well I’m not living there yet, as I know it’s not the reality for a lot of people…however I hope to see it one day before I leave this world!
Canadian Eh:
that is the answer but you are living in my Utopia per James above.
Byron,
The answer is really unconditional acceptance by everyone for everyone. Although he was talking about religion, I think it applies here as well…the late great John Lennon…” Imagine all the people, living for today “!
Elaine:
then isn’t the answer in the courts?
Byron–
I don’t see them as additional rights. I believe people like me want to ensure that the same rights are afforded to all citizens. At the present time–as I see it–they aren’t afforded to gay and lesbians.
Elaine:
I understand your point(s). I find comments like that of Miss Beverly Hills and that other person offensive. But I still think you cannot extend additional rights to people based on race, sex, religion, etc. We should all be protected equally under the law.
James
“Methinks he doth protest overmuch. I do not know any straight men who are actually straight that go on and on and on about the gay, though they cannot stop talking about it, thinking about it, authoring caustic diatribes, fixating on that other guy’s round hairy caboose and its militant agenda, so free, so bold, jutting out maddeningly so…one does not get worked up like this over that which does not touch one in some way”
LOL – so true. (not that gay people want dickheads like uccinelli on their team)
Here is an interesting video on Uganda’s “kill gays” bill.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fuEsRJp2nU&hl=en_US&fs=1&]
Evil to the bone. Whether one agrees with the current actions in the middle East or not, these are young men & women being taken in the primes of their lives. They leave behind parents, sibings, spouses, children and many other who have loved them dearly all because they have served their country. While I wholeheartedly agree with free speech, the actions of this group in particular border on being considered hate crimes.
Canadian Eh–
I know her group pickets at the funerals of gays. I believe her group also stages the kinds of rallies you speak of. They’re a group of people filled with hate, which is reflected in the kinds of signs they carry.
One of my former elementary students was killed in Iraq a few years ago. I know there was concern among his family, friends, and the community where he grew up that a group was planning to picket at his funeral. Think how evil one has to be to do something like that!
Elaine,
I am betting that you are absolutely correct…on all counts. Is this not the same woman who was staging rallies at each site when fallen soldiers were being returned home to the States?
Canadian Eh & anon nurse–
Shirley’s gone at least a hundred blocks past crazy. Imagine what her gray matter must look like? (Think–The Picture of Dorian Gray.)
I doubt any pharmaceutical company has developed a drug that could treat this gal yet–or ever will.
Thanks for posting the video, Elaine M. She is “crazy”. And hateful.
Ohhh…I have seen this woman on tv before, on 20/20 I believe. She is NUTS ( in a very bad, untreatable way )
Byron–
One point I tried to make in an earlier comment was in response to a comment in which you said that the US Constitution already protects individuals from improper treatment. I respnded that with government policies like DADT, it appears that gays and lesbians aren’t afforded full protection under the US Constitution.
In my comment at 10:33 am today, I was responding to a statement you had made about had never having heard anyone say that gays should be put to death. Well, I did hear someone say something of the kind.
In my comments, I never implied that no gays or lesbians ever commit crimes.
There are some “fringe” individuals and groups that target gays and lesbians for harassment–and violence. Some also picket at their funerals.
You might find the Web site of the Westboro Baptist Church an interesting one. Here’s the URL of its main page:
http://www.godhatesfags.com/
Here’s a clip from FOX with Sean Hannity and Alan Colmes talking to one of the crazy people from WBC.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UMP3AK5jwo&hl=en_US&fs=1&]
Just because I am in a wheel chair does not mean that I am not in support of these deviants being taken down. Those poor kids that they tortured. Will they stop at nothing.
Even if I wasn’t in a wheel chair, I would still roll gays. They have a lot of money I have heard. They just suck the way to the top.