Here in Virginia Beach, the best way we can help keep conservatives from taking Congress is to support Democratic Congressman Glenn Nye in his reelection campaign, and now that we know who Republicans are challenging Nye with, it’s time to get to work.
O’Reilly made the superhuman leap in comparing gays to terrorists, asking whether or not McDonald’s would add Al Qaeda to the groups being targeting in their “Come as You Are” ad campaign.
Not everyone is correct 100% of the time, and Dougherty misses the mark in her Sunday column entitled, “Sen. Webb has the Right Idea on Military Policy: Don’t Rush.”
President Barack Obama has proclaimed June as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month, stating that, “our Nation draws its strength from our diversity, with each of us contributing to the greater whole. By affirming these rights and values, each American benefits from the further advancement of liberty and justice for all.”
While my heart aches for the Malawian couple, I also recognize that, in some ways, the United States isn’t much more enlightened or accepting. We as Americans, and as human beings, can be better and do better than we are now.
What’s clear is that in 31 years, nothing has changed about the way we respond to these major spills. We attempt and fail at using the same methods and technology to stop the leak and prevent the damage cause by the spewed oil. It took nine months for relief wells to be drilled to allow the well in the Gulf of Mexico to be capped in 1979.
I am proud that every one of our Virginia Democrats in the House of Representatives voted for the passage of the amendment to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”. This policy has been a blemish on our nation for over a decade.
I have every confidence that they are more than capable of adjusting to the reality that gay men and women do serve honorably and bravely with their straight counterparts in defending our nation.
Our leaders need to be held accountable at the polls on election day, starting with Vice-Mayor Jones this November, and continuing with Mayor Sessoms in 2012.
Unlike Dan Edwards, the citizens are still willing to tell Mayor Sessoms and City Council that what they’re doing is wrong, and their action places the quality of our schools in danger.
