{"id":4966,"date":"2012-05-17T10:03:57","date_gmt":"2012-05-17T14:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/?p=4966"},"modified":"2012-05-17T10:03:57","modified_gmt":"2012-05-17T14:03:57","slug":"virginia-fails-at-basic-human-decency-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2012\/05\/17\/virginia-fails-at-basic-human-decency-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia Fails at Basic Human Decency. Again."},"content":{"rendered":"

As you’ve certainly heard by now, Bigot Extraordinare<\/a> Rep. Bob Marshall and the clown show that is the Virginia GOP continued Virginia’s grand tradition of hatefulness when<\/a>:<\/p>\n

[T]he judicial nomination of Mr. Thorne-Begland, a former Navy fighter pilot who is gay, was sabotaged by an ugly campaign of homophobic bigotry led by Virginia Republicans. In a vote at 1 a.m. Tuesday, the GOP-dominated House of Delegates, with an avowed homophobe leading the charge, killed his candidacy, thereby ensuring that Virginia state courts remain free of openly gay judges.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The usual attempts to\u00c2\u00a0obfuscate and cast doubt upon the reasons behind the vote have quickly made their appearances, of course. \u00c2\u00a0While Virginia’s got a well established tradition of narrow-mindedness and willingness to use the power of the state to discriminate, one thing it simply cannot stand<\/em> is actually labeling these actions for what they are.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Waldo Jaquith does a great job of sorting out the vote here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As you’ve certainly heard by now, Bigot Extraordinare Rep. Bob Marshall and the clown show that is the Virginia GOP continued Virginia’s grand tradition of hatefulness when: [T]he judicial nomination of Mr. Thorne-Begland, a former Navy fighter pilot who is gay, was sabotaged by an ugly campaign of homophobic bigotry led by Virginia Republicans. In […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,8,3,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-law","category-politics","category-society","category-virginia"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t