Hate crimes in Leesburg

Update: Surveillance video of the vehicle is at the end of the post.
Since it’s been all over the news since last night, most folks probably now know about the three assaults on African-American and Latino men in Leesburg. The perpetrator, assumed to be a serial killer recently operating in Flint, Michigan, is a white male, […]

First, they came for the penguins

Where’s Tango? asks Erica Garman on Living in LoCo.
Answer: Behind the counter, being treated as if she’s a potential danger to children.
Tango, if you have not been introduced, is a lovable little penguin chick who lends her name to the popular children’s book And Tango Makes Three. The book is based on the […]

American Dream Alliance Civic Picnic

If you’ve been following the immigration issue locally, you’ve seen the same kind of divisive rhetoric used against these communities in Loudoun as has been directed against the GLBT community in the recent past. (Yes, the more temperate spokesmen insist that this is only about illegal immigrants, sort of like when the more temperate anti-gay […]

Southwick? I don’t think so.

Say it to your Senators.
The usual AGI suspects are all in a lather about the confirmation hearings of Leslie H. Southwick for the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Such very reputable and temperate sources as the Traditional Values Coalition complain that Southwick’s confirmation is being stonewalled by liberal Senators and their “puppetmasters.” Let’s take a […]

Equality Virginia lends a hand

Statewide advocacy organization Equality Virginia issued this alert yesterday. The use of our local newspapers to attack our families and mislead Loudoun residents is a serious matter, and allied organizations are responding accordingly.

Three Loudoun County Papers Print Full Page Homophobic Ad
The Loudoun Easterner, Leesburg Today, and Ashburn Today ran this ad that […]

Gone too far?

Update: A comment that was posted here pseudonymously accused candidate for Loudoun County Sheriff Greg Ahlemann (Pastor Jay Ahlemann’s son) of being anti-gay and racist, and of having a tattoo that he won’t show to anyone. He asked us to correct the record, since he has in fact shown us his tattoo. Equality Loudoun president […]

They can’t help themselves - HB 1727

Poor NARTH*. They try so earnestly to be taken seriously as a legitimate research institution, but can’t seem to stop demonstrating that they aren’t.
In an illuminating article they published at the end of August, NARTH Scientific Advisory Committee member Joseph Berger advocates allowing transgender children to be bullied by their peers as a kind of […]

More Town Hall fun

The Fairfax Times now has a report on the NoVA Town Hall with Attorney General McDonnell, in addition to one in the Observer.
Neither report includes any part of the Q&A session about the Marshall/Newman amendment. Both reporters simply echo the bland, all-too-familiar talking points issued by the AG and other […]

Sad news: A hate crime in Loudoun

I had hoped that I would not have to post an announcement like this. I had hoped that the campaign against our community in Virginia would not descend into the kind of ugliness we saw in Oregon 14 years ago. Those of you who saw the film “Ballot Measure 9” will know what I am […]

Hubris

Update: Virginia Centrist says “Bob McDonnell adds ‘Please vote YES’ to Amendment language.”
Attorney General Bob McDonnell is above the law.
That’s the only conclusion we can reach in light of his editing activities. As we reported earlier, Virginia law requires that an explanation of any constitutional amendment be disseminated to the voters. This explanation is required […]

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