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Yearly Archives: 2006
“Scare tactics,” a brief history of (Vol I)
A letter to the Attorney General of Michigan, following passage of Proposal 2 (Michigan’s version of the anti-gay Marshall/Newman amendment): Citizens for the Protection of Marriage have lied to the people of Michigan. Time and again, they swore that Proposal … Continue reading
More Town Hall fun
The Fairfax Times now has a report on the NoVA Town Hall with Attorney General McDonnell, in addition to one in the Observer. Neither report includes any part of the Q&A session about the Marshall/Newman amendment. Both reporters simply echo … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary
Tagged Bill of Rights, Bob McDonnell, Marshall-Newman Amendment, Media, Pants on Fire
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Open letter to representatives, Aldie hate crime
The following is an open letter sent to Loudoun County elected representatives, published in local newspapers the first week of August, 2006. Most of you by now will have heard from the Sheriff’s Office about the horrific anti-gay hate crime … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy
Tagged Animus, Doing the right thing, General Assembly, Hate crimes, Letters, Loudoun BOS, The Cypress Project
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Virginia vs. Vermont
A biting Washington Post editorial today gives us a watered down preview of the future envisioned by the backers of the Marshall/Newman amendment: A Virginia that elevates anti-gay animus to a constitutional principle, above federal law and above simple human … Continue reading
Defending Virginia’s Declaration of Rights
Richmond Times-Dispatch August 7, 2006 By Linda Monk A Higher Standard: On Defending Virginia’s Declaration of Rights Virginia has a unique constitutional heritage — one that it is now proposing to abandon. On June 12, 1776, the newly independent state … Continue reading
Silence == consent
Update: This is Sophrosyne’s description of this post at the Virginia Blog Carnival: “David over at Equality Loudoun has a post discussing the civility of the Virginia Marriage Amendment debate in relation to a purported lack of condemnation of a … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Commentary
Tagged Animus, Bob McDonnell, Hate crimes, Marshall-Newman Amendment, Moral confusion, The Cypress Project
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Excuse us, AGI? Your slip is showing.
Those working to pass the Marshall/Newman so-called “marriage amendment” need very much for the general public to believe two things about their campaign: One, that its underlying arguments are secular, and two, that their motivation is not anti-gay animus and … Continue reading →