Read the Family Research Council’s Mad about U: Cuccinelli Takes on Campus Liberalism, and you will think our state’s new “Conservative” leadership is standing tall.
Ken Cuccinelli, the state’s attorney general and chief legal counsel, sent a shudder down the spine of Virginia’s liberal colleges and universities when he asked them to respect the Commonwealth’s discrimination policy, which–unlike many college policies–does not grant special status to homosexuals or transgenders. In a letter to the schools’ chief officers, Cuccinelli tries to correct any campus rules that contradict the current law. “It is my advice that the law and public policy 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.” In the letter, Cuccinelli points out that the Virginia legislature has rejected bills that would add “sexual orientation” to the nondiscrimination statutes a whopping 27 times since 1997.
During the previous administration, former Gov. Tim Kaine (D) got around the law by issuing an executive order demanding that “sexual orientation” be included as a protected class. In one of his first acts as Governor, Bob McDonnell (R) served notice that the Commonwealth was under new management by refusing to follow suit. Yesterday, he signaled his support for the state’s chief law enforcer, saying in a statement that Cuccinelli’s letter “is consistent with all prior opinions from the Office of the Attorney General over the last 25 years on the subject.” (from here)
Unfortunately, heavy media pressure can bend down the will of the fainthearted. As the Prince William and Manassas Family Alliance Blog explains in ATTORNEY GENERAL KEN CUCCINELLI TAKES A STAND, our new governor is a bit wobbly. If you want to help the governor bear up under the liberal new media avalanches, please send him a note of encouragement.
If Conservatives want Gov. Bob McDonnell to show a little more spine, they must put one into him. Please let the governor know how you feel about special rights for homosexuals. Please visit this link.
Conservatives may also wish to congratulate our new Attorney General for having the courage to do his job. Please visit this link. (from here)
