Court Appearance and Limited Posting Opportunities

I will be traveling to Martinsville, Virginia - hardly the most enlightened part of the Commonwealth - tomorrow for a court hearing on Thursday in the matter of Moore v. Virginia Museum of Natural History. As the Washington Blade has reported several times, my client maintains he was fired by the Museum - a state agency - because of his sexual orientation. A decision by the Virginia Department of Human Resource Management found that my client's sexual orientation was improperly considered. The case involves both Executive Order 1 (2006) signed by Virginia Governor and DNC Chair Tim Kaine as well as constitutional issues of equal protection, due process and freedom from religious based discrimination.

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Martinsville (population: 15,416) is about a 4 to 5 hour drive more or less along the southern edge of the state from Norfolk. The trip takes you through some of the least progressive parts of the state and radio, cell phone and Internet reception is spotty. As a result, posting will be irregular at best. Fortunately, the boyfriend is letting me take his car with satelitte radio in lieu of my Jeep so that I do not die of boredom on the trip.