Comments on: ELECTION ROUNDUP: Va. elects first openly gay senator

By: Robin

Robin — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 20:45:03 +0000

@ laurelboy2 I don’t see anything in the article implying that at all. Hopefully no one votes for any politician based solely on sexual orientation! I think gay people are just proud that Ebbin is a good role model and a liberal who will vote for their equal rights.

The point here, I believe is that straight people voted for him because they believed he is most qualified for the job, without taking sexual orientation into account, which is as it should be.

I voted for Obama not BECAUSE he is black, but I am proud that we are as a nation finally getting to a place where we don’t judge people on anything other than, “The content of their characters.”

By: laurelboy2

laurelboy2 — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 23:58:06 +0000

Why does being gay make him a good choice for a senate seat?

By: Seth Morrison

Seth Morrison — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 20:00:30 +0000

I strongly agree with Jeffrey, we are lucky to have both Adam and Janet fighting for our rights. Keep your fingers crossed that the recount preserves the Democratic majority.

By: It was a good night for common sense « Citizen of the World

It was a good night for common sense « Citizen of the World — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 19:27:04 +0000

[...] for the gays! There were other successes for LGBT people outside of Michigan. Virginia elected its first openly gay state senator. Iowa Democrats retained control of the state senate, which means that Republicans don’t have [...]

By: psst

psst — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:04:25 +0000

Bill–district 30 is Northern VA, so Alexandria and Arlington areas…definitely some of the most liberal parts of the state.

By: Fr. Scott Russell

Fr. Scott Russell — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:19:16 +0000

We in Blacksburg are thrilled to have Michael on our town council. Don’t forget 11/8 is the anniversary of Harvey Milk first being elected to San Francisco’s board of supervisors!

By: Bill Owens

Bill Owens — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 08:38:13 +0000

I´d really like to know where District 30 is. Norfolk? Northern VA? Richmond? A lot of us don´t live in VA and I bet even some Virginians don´t know all the numbers of the districts.

By: Mayor Jeffrey Slavin

Mayor Jeffrey Slavin — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 04:50:06 +0000

I am glad Adam won and will be able to work with newly re-elected Senator Janet Howell, who has been to date Adam’s strongest ally in the Virginia Senate.