Okay, so packs are for dogs — but sometimes we get the distinct feeling that we're Top Cats, leading the way when it comes to pointing out political stuff.
Because no sooner were we honored with a guest spot on The Rude Pundit — in which we warned the Virginia business community that Republican social policies would doom their recruitment efforts — than the soon-to-be-ex leader of the College of William and Mary's Board of Visitors said practically the same thing.
"We already have lost valued gay and lesbian faculty to our competitors who do not discriminate," Jeff Trammel stated. "With changes in federal benefits soon available to legally married gay couples, we will lose more."
In short, with Maryland and the District of Columbia enacting progressive LGBT employment and marriage policies, why should educators seek careers in Virginia? We cats say, why, indeed.
The Virginia political landscape is a little scary right now. We just voted for Barack Obama for the second time, but thanks to a lot of Inside-Baseball maneuvering, the Old Dominion's GOP has nominated the most Neanderthal, right-wing, religious-zealot slate of 2013 statewide candidates you could ever imagine. The thought of those maniacs getting elected and driving even more clear-thinking Americans away from the Commonwealth is truly frightening.
But maybe there's a sliver of hope. Traveling around Manassas recently, we cats noticed that a heretofore devoted contingent of anti-choice demonstrators had vanished from Sudley Road — a spot they've staked out as long as we can remember. We presume that there's a women's clinic somewhere in the medical buildings just behind their favorite spot. Oh, no, we thought — were they gone because Ken Cuccinelli had succeeded in closing the clinic? We were biting our cat claws to the bone, wondering.
Well, never fear, gentle readers: This morning, we cats had business in that neighborhood. And they were back.
They're always pathetic. They're almost always men. So, they're ridiculous. But in a strange twist, we were glad to see them. Because as long as they're out there waving their signs, Cootchy hasn't won — yet. Which means the Commonwealth is safe — for now.
2 comments:
I just wonder what sort of reflexive convulsions will be seen around the military bases in Virginia, since the DOD announced: " After a review of the department's benefit policies following the Supreme Court's ruling that Section Three of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is unconstitutional, and in consultation with the Department of Justice and other executive branch agencies, the Defense Department will make spousal and family benefits available no later than Sept. 3, 2013, regardless of sexual orientation, as long as service member-sponsors provide a valid marriage certificate.
The Department of Defense remains committed to ensuring that all men and women who serve in the U.S. military, and their families, are treated fairly and equally as the law directs.
Entitlements such as TRICARE enrollment, basic allowance for housing (BAH) and family separation allowance are retroactive to the date of the Supreme Court's decision. Any claims to entitlements before that date will not be granted. For those members married after June 26, 2013, entitlements begin at the date of marriage."
Furthermore, they will give military members leave to go GET married in a state that allows it.
I fear the Right Wingtards would think loss of faculty members was just dandy, btw, since it seems their goal to dumb down the populace to a more manageable level of brainlessness.
We cats say to your last comment, you are so right. Cootchy, whose head must be exploding over this DOD development, has a habit of going after university professors who don't think like he does. We would love to dump a dozen dirty litter boxes over his stupid head. He simply cannot become our Governor.
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