Comments on: Obenshain Opposes McEachin’s Anti-Discrimination Bill

By: Barkley Rosser

Barkley Rosser — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 21:40:54 +0000

Regarding the DNR story, why do they make such a big deal over Gilbert, who is probably the most right wing, off-the-wall member of the House of Delegates, who also has a history of going after JMU? Are they pushing him for higher office or something? Pretty clearly they do not understand that this is shameful activity on his part, not something to trumpet triumphantly.

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By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:02:19 +0000

To anyone interested… this episode of Radio Lab includes a very compelling story about our country’s first transgendered mayor. http://www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/episodes/2009/10/02

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By: Jeremy Aldrich

Jeremy Aldrich — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:24:06 +0000

Doesn’t it seem the rules against cross-dressing only go one way?

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By: Bubby Hussein, Hillbilly Sheikh

Bubby Hussein, Hillbilly Sheikh — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:54:32 +0000

Too late Gilbert. America’s top-cop WAS a cross-dresser and gay! He liked to wear a red dress, and be referred to as “Mary”. Yet he ran the FBI – J. Edgar Hoover.

Todd should know better – when you want to chase the bad guys you take off your party dress and pull on a pair of pants!

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By: Brent Finnegan

Brent Finnegan — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:56:26 +0000

On the house side, Del. Adam Ebbin submitted a similar (identical) bill. The story in today’s DNR about Del. Todd Gilbert’s opposition to the bill says:

[Gilbert's] concern rested primarily with how, for example, “cross-dressing police officers” could affect law enforcement.

“I don’t think someone in that situation could ever be effective in the role of a police officer trying to be a presence [while] on a [crime] scene,” he said.

Gilbert’s statements echo remarks Obenshain made following the vote on the Senate proposal.

Obenshain, speaking to The Associated Press, said that proposed law includes language dealing with gender identity and expression, which he said is different than sexual orientation.”

Cross dressing police officers? Really? Even if that really happens, didn’t Cpl. Klinger still get the job done in M*A*S*H? Besides, don’t all police officers (male or female) wear the same uniform?

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By: Barkley Rosser

Barkley Rosser — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:05:20 +0000

Well, we now have worse than the fooling with this bill, the executive order against discrimination, finally, from Gov. McDonnell. It omits gays and lesbians. As far as he is concerned, they can be discriminated against, although he provides no rationale for this. However, history will record him as being as backward and bigoted as those who supported discrimination against women and blacks. If he wants to cite inerrancy of the Bible for this, then let him propose a law to stone to death disobedient children and married couples who have sex during the woman’s periods. Those are in the Bible too.

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By: Jason Misterka

Jason Misterka — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:48:52 +0000

To J. Tyler Ballance

“Is there any question why the latest round of layoffs have hit White Men the hardest?”

I’d like you to show some data on this. My understanding is that the recession has had detrimental impact on men of all races.

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By: Barkley Rosser

Barkley Rosser — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:08:12 +0000

Well, if there are any state-owned zoos or animal shelters or clinics, there might be grounds for discriminating against zoophiliacs for working in such places, not to mention against necrophiliacs for such jobs in state-owned mortuaries, if there are any.

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By: Barkley Rosser

Barkley Rosser — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:05:57 +0000

Jeremy,

Well, I have not dug through the bill, but I am not aware of it using this semi-fungible term, “paraphilia.” Nor am I aware of the bill stating anything about what official psychiatry says about any practice or orientation having anything to do with what one can be discriminated against for or not for. As it is, I suspect state law allows for discrimination against violaters of laws, which would mean pedophiliacs and bigamists, at least for now, although I realize that VA has some weird achaic laws on sexual conduct, such as no oral sex for anybody or no sex on Sundays or no adultery, at least some of those (although the Bible calls for the stoning to death of married couples who have sex during the wife’s periods).

I am not sure what the laws are about necrophilia and zoophilia, but I personally have no problem with allowing such people to work in state government. Nevetheless, I do not see having a proclivity for such philias as having anything to do with either gender identity or gender expression. Death and species are not genders.

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