Virginia GOP Candidate Resorts to Gay Bashing

Under pressure in a race that appears “too close to call”, Senate incumbent Jay O’Brien (R-Clifton) - pictured at left (who looks like a Larry Craig wanna be to me) - this week succumbed to the temptation of using gay-bashing as a political tactic. O'Brien sent voters in his district mail that distorts comments made by challenger George Barker at a candidate forum hosted by Equality Fairfax and sponsored by Equality Virginia.

O'Brien's literature, which was paid for by the Republican Party of Virginia, claims that Barker wants to “teach children to accept the Gay, Lesbian Bisexual and Transgender Lifestyle,” and that he wants to "force public schools" to teach "alternative lifestyles" over the objections of parents.

In fact, Barker's comments were supportive of age appropriate family life education (from which any parent may opt his/her children out), high school clubs that support equal treatment of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth and Virginia's participation in a nationwide Center for Disease Control survey that seeks to document risky behavior by teens.

Anyone who finds this trash offensive may want to drop their comments to Mr. O'Brien (Go to: http://www.jayobrienforsenate.org/contact_us.php) and/or the Republican Party of Virginia (Go here: http://www.rpv.org/contact.html) Believe me, I have.