Del. Bob Marshall - one of the moving forces behind Virginia's heinous anti-gay Marshall-Newman Amendment to the Virginia Constitution - is truly a boil on the ass of humanity. He never pass up an opportunity to do all in his power to make the lives of gay Virginians a living Hell. Indeed, Marshall has proudly stated that he would like to drive all gays from Virginia. The man is a monster and I frequently wonder what the Hell is in the water that his constituents continue to re-elect such a walking douche bag and hate merchant. Now, Marshall is urging Virginia Governor Bob "Taliban Bob" "Gift Gate Bob" McDonnell to follow the batshitery displayed by Texas and Mississippi toward gay members of the National Guard. The Virginian Pilot has details. Here are highlights:
A conservative Virginia lawmaker is pressing Gov. Bob McDonnell to defy the U.S. Defense Department and deny benefits to same-sex couples with a member in the Virginia National Guard on the basis of the state's gay marriage ban.
Del. Bob Marshall this week wrote the governor asking him to take a position similar to that of the Texas National Guard, which has declined to enroll such families in benefits programs.
The commanding officer of that unit reportedly has determined that compliance with a Defense Department directive on treating all legally married families equally conflicts with state policy.
"Since Texas like Virginia has a Constitutional Amendment defining marriage as between one man and one woman they have appropriatly determined that they will not abandon their rule of law for the unprecidented judicial novelty," Marshall, a Prince William County Republican, wrote in his Sept. 4 letter.
"As Commander of the Virginia National Guard what will you do to secure that the spirit and letter of the Constitution regarding marriage will be upheld?" he asked McDonnell.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel last month offered written guidance about extending benefits to same-sex couples in response to the U.S. Supreme Court's decision this year that overturned aspects of the federal Defense of Marriage Act.
Due to that ruling, the federal government is required to provide lawfully married gay couples with federal tax, health and other benefits enjoyed by heterosexual married couples.
Marshall's letter also asks McDonnell to shield state tax data from the Internal Revenue Service that could assist it in extending tax benefits to same-sex couples legally married in another state.
I'm sorry, but in my book, Bob Marshall is a pile of human excrement. As for McDonnell, I suspect that he's more concerned about avoiding a federal indictment than worrying about kissing Marshall ass and the asses of the hate merchants at The Family Foundation.
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