Thursday, May 23, 2013

New gay-rights battleground: Virginia

http://www.politico.com/story/2013/05/virginia-gay-rights-terry-mcauliffe-ew-jackson-91763.html?hp=t1



Article Photothey must have read my post yesterday about Va.'s manifesto.  
because there war on women was close second to the other right wing governed states
Welcome to the gay rights battleground of Virginia.
Yes, you read that right. In the 2013 off-year elections, a state that once leaned solidly to the center-right has become the newest focal point in the national debate over same-sex relationships. 
A gubernatorial race already defined partly along culture-war lines has grown even more contentious since last weekend, when Virginia Republicans nominated as their lieutenant governor candidate a firebrand minister who has called gays “very sick people psychologically” and suggested a connection between homosexuality and pedophilia.
and that stance has not changed by that party bigotry is basic intollerance of another, so the influence has to come from the progressive candidate.