Monthly Archives: September 2006

Commonwealth Coalition Ad – “Read it all”

This is the ad that the Commonwealth Coalition has just produced. Unlike the pro-amendment ad, which Eileen at VBDems has hilariously dubbed the “Horny Hands” Ad, this one is actually germane to what the amendment says. This ad needs to … Continue reading

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Dueling lawyers

Delegate Bob Marshall asked for an official opinion from the Attorney General on the impact of the proposed Marshall/Newman amendment, and he got one. Too bad he didn’t think harder about the context of that opinion and what it would … Continue reading

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Hate crime gives way to Cypress Project

Loudoun Times-Mirror September 12, 2006 By Jana Renn In the early morning hours of July 30, Heyward Drummond and John Ellis were victims of Loudoun County’s first reported hate crime of the year. Vandals damaged their trees and shrubs, doused … Continue reading

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There it is.

Finally, someone has been honest about the intent behind the Marshall/Newman amendment: No, we’ll kick you back under your rocks in November. I guess they’re getting desperate. Unable to sustain the fiction that the Marshall/Newman amendment “only defines marriage,” the … Continue reading

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An interesting “social contract”

I think we’ll pass. According to right wing blogger Jerry Fuhrman, the Supreme Court decision in Lawrence v Texas represented some sort of “implicit agreement” struck between the GLBT community and people like him. In this decidedly revisionist version of … Continue reading

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Out of Hate, Comes Hope

Loudoun Connection September 6, 2006 By Erika Jacobson Activist organizations, religious groups, political bodies and companies have banded together to create a foundation, The Cypress Project, which will support any person in Virginia who is the victim of a hate … Continue reading

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Conservatives refusing to be radicals, Part 2

Today’s Washington Post includes an opinion piece by conservative 4th Circuit Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III, recently on the short list for a Bush appointment to the Supreme Court. In his rejection of both federal and state constitutional amendments to … Continue reading

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