This is absolutely pathetic:
It seems that Virginia?s state legislators have sex on the brain.Since the current legislative session began on Jan. 11, marriage, abstinence and teen promiscuity appear to have dominated debate.
Del. Matthew Lohr (R-Rockingham) has sponsored a bill that, critics say, is a backdoor attempt at killing gay-straight alliances at Virginia high schools. The bill, which failed last year, would give boards of education the authority to block clubs that "promote sexual activity by unmarried minor students."
The bill has passed the House and now moves on to a Senate committee. Lohr was not available for comment.
Wonderful. And as if that's not bad enough, how about this:
Another education bill that gay rights advocates are fighting in Virginia is an abstinence-only proposal that would require family life classes to "emphasize honor and respect for monogamous heterosexual marriage" and inform students about the circumstances when sex between unmarried people is illegal. The bill also mandates teaching about the health risks of unprotected, and even safe, sex."How do they think not educating our kids is the right way for any school to go?" said Susan Stanskas, a PFLAG mom living in Stafford County. "My golly, it just eliminates [gay and lesbian students] from the whole equation as if they don?t exist."
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In Virginia, any unmarried person who has sex with another person can be charged with a misdemeanor, and sex between people forbidden to marry also is a misdemeanor, according to the state?s Legislative Services website. The website also details the state?s "Crimes Against Nature" law, which classifies anal and oral sex as a felony, despite the 2003 Supreme Court decision in Lawrence vs. Texas that ruled state sodomy laws are unconstitutional.
Finally, as if all that's not bad enough:
And Virginians are still contending with the anti-gay marriage amendment. It has passed the House and Senate. The General Assembly must now rectify its differing ballot language before sending it to Gov. Tim Kaine (D), who has indicated he will sign the measure.
Ahhh...your Virginia General Assembly at work! Not on things we care about, of course, like health care or education or actually fixing the transportation mess, but on those urgent issues of "marriage, abstinence, and promiscuity." What a joke. What a bunch of bozos.
Sex on the brain in Virginia? Maybe. But that assumes legislators like Matthew Lohr actually HAVE a brain. At this point, I'm really starting to wonder.