Virginia Is For Asshats

Yesterday, up in the Virginia statehouse, a delegate subcommittee, killed legislation aimed at banning job discrimination against gay state employees. See, those asshats that the asshats of Virginia elected to represent their asshat state in its asshattedness, want to discriminate against gay people; they want it.

The nondiscrimination bill, sponsored, of course, by a Democratic senator, Donald McEachin, was proposed after new asshat Republican governor Bob McDonnell issued an executive order than banned job discrimination based on a variety of characteristics.

Except sexual orientation.

McDonnell believes you can't discriminate against people for their race, gender, age, religion, shoe size, IQ, lack of fashion sense, height, weight, hair color, but you can discriminate against people because of who they love. McDonnell said that was a matter for the legislature, even though the two previous administrations had protected gays against bias in state employment.

So, he changed the rules, because he's a Republican, a wingnut, a conservative and an asshat.

And while the senate had passed the all-inclusive non-discrimination bill, the house subcommittee rejected it in an unrecorded show-of-hands vote.

Unrecorded. That way they can keep their hate for the gay community hidden. It's like wearing a white hood; they hate, but you can't see their faces.

Virginia? Eff off.

Virginia Takes Two Steps Back.......To The 60's

Republican asshat, and wingnut Virginia Governor, Robert McDonnell has signed an executive order barring discrimination in the state workforce on grounds that include race, sex, religion and age.

Not, however, on sexual orientation.

Nothing new for this homophobe, though; he has a long-standing position on the issue of legal protections based on sexual orientation. McDonnell even criticized his two Democratic predecessors for including language about it in their similar executive orders, arguing they overstepped their executive authority by extending protections to gay employees.

McDonnell's goosetsepping spokeswoman Stacey Johnson said in a statement that the administration has been reviewing all previous executive orders since taking office, and that McDonnell opposes discrimination; she released a policy memo he recently sent to staff members and Cabinet secretaries indicating that his office would not discriminate "for any reason."

Unless you're gay.

But then, that's not really discrimination, is it?