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General Assembly wrap-up

Posted on February 24, 2007 by David

The 2007 GA session marked the first time that positive, pro-active bills outweighed legislative attacks on our community. Interestingly, the defeat of most of the positive legislation reveals the weak, flabby underbelly of the anti-gay lobby, created by their own … Continue reading →

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Kicking the vulnerable

Posted on February 2, 2007 by David

The Roanoke Times gets it, perfectly. This extraordinarily dishonest bill, initially killed in committee on a tie vote, has been reconsidered with substitute language that would require either express written permission or an opportunity for parents to opt their children … Continue reading →

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Lobby Day roundup

Posted on January 20, 2007 by David

First of all, you must read this editorial by Leonard Pitts, Jr.: Why defense of gays matters. On the off chance that we have readers who don’t yet understand that the grassroots movement for equality is not driven just by … Continue reading →

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Equality Virginia Lobby Day – Jan. 17

Posted on January 13, 2007 by David

From the Washington Blade, on Equality Virginia Lobby Day (register here): Putting a human face on issues Ebbin and Englin do a lot of meeting and greeting at Equality Virginia’s Lobby Day, and say that attendance numbers matter when groups … Continue reading →

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Doing the right thing

Posted on October 29, 2006 by David

This is why I love this community. A diligent ally has uploaded video clips of some of the great floor speeches against the Marshall/Newman amendment – now you don’t have to have been camped out in Richmond to see this … Continue reading →

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We were wrong

Posted on October 18, 2006 by David

UPDATE: From the Richmond Times-Dispatch: Delegates won’t back marriage measure Proposed ban of same-sex unions too broad, say previous supporters October 19, 2006 By Pamela Stallsmith Three Richmond-area House Democrats — including a Baptist minister — who supported a constitutional … Continue reading →

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“An ugly, mean-spirited assault”

Posted on October 6, 2006 by David

This is how the recent focus of the Virginia General Assembly on the private lives of GLBT people was described in an editorial published Monday. Was it in the Washington Post? The Connection? Some other mainstream newpaper? No, it was … Continue reading →

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