The Virginia House of Delegates rejected the judicial nomination of a gay prosecutor on Tuesday after conservative Republican lawmakers argued that the nominee would press an activist agenda.
Early on Tuesday morning, the House voted 33-to-31, with 10 abstentions, against the candidacy of Tracy Thorne-Begland, who was nominated for a judgeship on the General District Court in Richmond. Mr. Thorne-Begland, a deputy commonwealth attorney in Richmond, needed a majority of the 100-member House to be confirmed. He would have been the state’s first openly gay judge.
Ah, my home state, continuing to make me proud! Also, activism clearly doesn’t extend to active repression of civil rights! Good logic!
WOW I SURE DO LOVE MY HOME STATE
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YEP.
VIRGINIA IS FOR LOVERS EXCEPT IF YOUR LOVER IS THE SAME SEX, IN THAT CASE YOU CAN GO FUCK YOURSELVES.
