GOP Virginia lawmakers continue gay bashing, Subcommittee backs bill opposed by gay-straight groups

[Ian David]

RICHMOND, Va. -- A bill that would require public school students to obtain a parent's written permission to participate in a school club cleared its first legislative hurdle Monday.

A House of Delegates subcommittee voted 8-5 to endorse the measure, which opponents say is a thinly veiled attack on gay-straight alliances.

Del. Matthew Lohr's bill now goes before the full House Education Committee.

The bill would require local school boards to notify parents about a club's mission, activities and dues or other financial requirements.

Parents would have to sign a permission slip before their child could join the organization.

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[swimboy]

1. Courtesy of Virginia's own Demonic Donna Reed, Devil in Pearls Victoria Cobb

of the Virginia Family Foundation.

http://www.familyfoundation.org/alerts_main.html

[Virginia Dare]

2. Those assholes down in fundieland (aka Richmond)...

have been busy little beavers, they know they won't be in power much longer. They've got to make it a priority to ram through their christo-fascist agenda.

[Rhythm]

3. this thing died in committee today...

yay!!!

[kevinbgoode]

4. I just wish for ONCE, someone would start introducing bills

in that state to make these religious fanatics take LEGAL responsibility for their faith. In other words, why they hell CAN'T the state hold their marriages more responsible when they choose to go before a fundie church and exchange vows? And I think EVERY citizen should have the right to vote on such a measure - after all, it isn't democratic unless all the people these con-servative groups put the hate on get a chance to vote on their rights.