A BOYCOTT?

Here’s a new slogan for the state: “Virginia Is For Haters.” And a new website. Makes sense, given the fact that the Virginia legislature has just passed a veto-proof bill to prevent gay couples from even having private, legally-enforceable contracts to protect their relationships. The social right is still silent. Will the free market right come to the defense of the formation of private contracts? Or will they wait until “activist, rogue judges” strike it down as plainly unconstitutional? Meanwhile, there is a place where a clear majority would vote – with no judicial prodding or “tyranny” – for equal marriage rights. It happens to be where I live. But in Washington, D.C., the citizens do not have any right to govern themselves (that’s left to Congressmen from elsewhere). The residents of Baghdad will soon have more democratic rights than the people who live here. I keep hearing about an American empire, but few people notice that the first colony is in the U.S. itself: the capital.