http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gB79dEibZ6i2PcKXQIEs_CfI4taQD9E9DUM80Virginia's attorney general has advised the state's public colleges that they don't have the authority to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation, saying only the General Assembly has that power.
The letter sent by Attorney General Kenneth Cuccinelli to state college presidents and other officials Thursday drew swift criticism from Democrats and gay rights activists.
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The Republican advised college governing boards to "take appropriate actions to bring their policies in conformance with the law."
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C. Richard Cranwell, state Democratic Party chairman, said Virginia's colleges and universities were more than capable of setting policies that work for them "without meddling from Ken Cuccinelli."
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The American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia legal director Rebecca Glenberg said colleges are bound by U.S. Supreme Court decisions not to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation.
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Virginia's last two Democratic governors, Mark Warner and Tim Kaine, signed executive orders barring state agencies from discriminating in hiring, promotions or firing based on sexual orientation. Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell, who took office in January, removed protections based on sexual orientation from his anti-discrimination order.
As attorney general in 2006, McDonnell said Kaine exceeded his constitutional authority by extending protections to gays.
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the religiously insane are dangerous and should never hold govt. power
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