Bob McDonnell Faces Scrutiny for 2003 Views on Homosexuality -- Politics Daily »
Posted By TimALoftis 2 months, 2 weeks ago in Political OpinionVirginia gubernatorial candidate Bob McDonnell, who has faced criticism over a 20-year-old thesis that described working women as "detrimental" to society, is now facing scrutiny for his strong views on homosexuality. In the controversial thesis, McDonnell included homosexuality as one symptom of moral decline that government should "punish." He also participated in a 2003 hearing that left many with the impression that a Virginia circuit court judge was thrown off the bench because of her sexual orientation.
In the seven-hour hearing that the Washington Post calls "extraordinary," Virginia lawmakers grilled Verbena M. Askew, the state's first black female circuit court judge, whose reappointment was in jeopardy because she was accused of sexually harassing a female colleague. Before the hearing, McDonnell told a newspaper that "certain homosexual conduct" could disqualify a person from the bench, because it violates Virginia's "crimes against nature" law. He qualified his stance, saying he would not consider a judge unfit to serve because he or she was gay, but made clear he believed that some of their actions could violate the law.
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Will13132 months, 2 weeks ago
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well i for one will give him some slack..
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i didn't feel 20 years ago the same as i do today about a lot of things including homosexuality. and race for that matter..
but i grew up. i don't think anyone here believes be to be homophobe or racist..
so people do change over time and with some real life education. -
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