The hysteria among Virginia Christofascists and their tawdry whore like political puppets in the Republican Party of Virginia continues in the wake of Attorney General Mark Herring's decision to not defend Virginia's unconstitutional gay marriage ban. It is important to remember that those reacting so hysterically are the successors of those who supported "Massive Resistance" and closed public schools rather than desegregate, opposed interracial marriage until the bitter end and now are working diligently to disenfranchise minority voters and block Medicaid expansion that would benefit 400,000 uninsured Virginians. In short, these are NOT nice and decent people. They make the Pharisees of the Bible look like kind and generous philanthropists. The Washington Post looks at more of the spittle flecked hysteria from these foul people. Here are excerpts:
Outraged Virginia Republicans quickly began searching for a way to preserve the state’s gay marriage ban Thursday after Attorney General Mark R. Herring announced that he would join a lawsuit seeking to have it declared unconstitutional.
Some GOP legislators were exploring ways to defend the ban without Herring’s help. Herring’s most ardent opponents sought to take legal action against the attorney general for what they described as his misuse of the office. The National Organization for Marriage, which opposes same-sex unions, called for Herring’s impeachment on grounds of alleged “malfeasance” and “neglect of duty,” though legislators did not go that far.
“I don’t know what the difference between a dictatorship and this is,” said state Sen. Richard H. Black (R-Loudoun).
While Democrats cheered Herring’s move as a victory for civil rights, Republicans said the attorney general had made an outrageous attempt to thwart the will of the people.
Certainly, Herring propelled himself onto the national stage, perhaps eclipsing Lt. Gov. Ralph S. Northam (D) in the early positioning for the 2017 governor’s race. He also placed Virginia, already a political battleground, at the center of the national debate on gay marriage. He may also have positioned himself to come under more pressure from liberal interest groups to take similar actions on other issues.
Herring’s move could make it harder for Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) to get anything done with the Republican-dominated House of Delegates.
Further, Herring’s move added to a sense of upheaval in a Capitol still in a tailspin over the indictment of former governor Robert F. McDonnell and his wife, Maureen, just two days earlier.
Reaction did not fall strictly along party lines. “I don’t think he should do it, but I think he can do it, and I think it’s probably within his job description to do it” if he thinks the ban conflicts with the U.S. Constitution, said state Sen. Thomas A. Garrett Jr. (R-Goochland), a former prosecutor.
As they opposed the move, some Republicans deliberately avoided weighing in on the merits of such a ban, focusing instead on the process. They said they would continue to promote already-submitted legislation to allow the General Assembly to fund a legal defense for state laws that the attorney general declines to defend.
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