In a bold move certainly geared towards appeasing his socially conservative constituents, Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli issued the following advice to the General Assembly:
“It is my advice that the law and public policy of the Commonwealth of Virginia prohibit a college or university from including “sexual orientation,” “gender identity,” “gender expression,” or like classification, as a protected class within its non-discrimination policy, absent specific authorization from the General Assembly,” Kuccinelli wrote.
We disagree for a variety of reasons, however we’ll defer commentary to GayRVA as they’ve collected statements from Equality Virginia and the VA ACLU.
In a bold move certainly geared towards appeasing his socially conservative constituents, Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli issued the following advice to the General Assembly:
“It is my advice that the law and public policy of the Commonwealth of Virginia prohibit a college or university from including “sexual orientation,” “gender identity,” “gender expression,” or like classification, as a protected class within its non-discrimination policy, absent specific authorization from the General Assembly,” Kuccinelli wrote.
We disagree for a variety of reasons, however we’ll defer commentary to GayRVA as they’ve collected statements from Equality Virginia and the VA ACLU.