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icon8.gif LGBT or A Woman? You Are 2nd Class & Have No Rights  [message #61141] Tue, 23 February 2010 16:21 Go to next message
Brody Levesque is currently offline  Brody Levesque

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By Brody Levesque (Washington DC) Feb 23 | I am thankful that not only am I a citizen of Canada, but as I ply my craft as a journalist here in the American capital, I chose to make my residence the state of Maryland. Why you ask? Because across the Potomac river in Virginia, far right conservative politicians now rule the roost in its state government down in Richmond. Virgina's apparent political and cultural atmosphere now, boosted by its new Christiban Governor & Attorney General, have given licence to a reordered form of McCarthyism. The most recent example of which was a call by state representative, Robert Marshall, (R-Prince William County) to cut off and ban all state funding for Planned Parenthood based on suspect, antiquated, and nonsensical so called Christian doctrine and 'biblical' teachings.
I had a chance last evening sandwiched in between viewing Olympic coverage, writing, and blog reading, make that catching up on etc, to watch MSNBC's Rachel Maddow take on Bob Marshall's public pronouncements and the recent trend in Virgina. At the end of her segment I found myself saying "Amen!" Here is Rachel on Virginia's hard right turn:
Re: LGBT or A Woman? You Are 2nd Class & Have No Rights  [message #61155 is a reply to message #61141] Fri, 26 February 2010 07:53 Go to previous messageGo to next message
johnleeb is currently offline  johnleeb

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Given that Virginia now does not protect sexual orientation, that means that anyone who is heterosexual can also be fired for being straight.
Re: LGBT or A Woman? You Are 2nd Class & Have No Rights  [message #61159 is a reply to message #61141] Fri, 26 February 2010 21:29 Go to previous message
saben is currently offline  saben

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I actually thought I might be supportive of the decision made by Virginia as I'm opposed to anti-discrimination laws on the grounds that I believe they are a breach of free speech and/ or freedom of association.

It turns out I'm just as opposed as anyone, though. The right to discriminate does not extend to the state. The state, by definition, is required to be unbiased and neutral.

Oh but I wasn't fond of the closing comments about forcing employers to hire people they aren't comfortable hiring.

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