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Virginia AG seeks to remove LGBT protections from state colleges
In the latest move by Virginia’s new, anti-gay Republican leadership, Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has urged the state’s colleges and universities to rescind policies that ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. In a letter Thursday to the presidents, rectors and boards of visitors of Virginia public colleges, Cuccinelli said that […]
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Virginia governor strips ‘sexual orientation’ from state’s non-discrimination policy
Gay state workers in Virginia are no longer protected from discrimination now that the new Republican governor, Bob McDonnell, has stripped sexual orientation from the state’s policy. McDonnell quietly signed an executive order on February 5 that prohibits discrimination “on the basis of race, sex, color, national origin, religion, age, political affiliation, or against otherwise […]