Warning Signs

Hey America?  This kind of thing will become all too common should you want to kick "Dems that aren't progressive enough" out of office to "teach them a lesson."

They get replaced with Republicans looking to roll back as much of the last 80 years as possible in the name of Teabagger purity.

Gays and lesbians in Virginia have lost specific protection from discrimination in the workplace after  Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) reissued the state's non-discrimination policy with one group conspicuously absent from the list.

This order is in furtherance of the stated policy enacted by the General Assembly, and specifically prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, sex, color, national origin, religion, age, political affiliation, or against otherwise qualified persons with disabilities.

It didn't take McDonnell long to issue this executive order. He took office Jan. 16 of this year and signed the order less than three weeks later on Feb. 5.

The order rescinds the policy of his predecessor Gov. Tim Kaine, a Democrat who promised to be "fair and inclusive" in his inaugural address and then — as one of his first actions — added veterans and sexual orientation to the state's non-discrimination policy.

Gov. McDonnell assured reporters that his administration is not anti-gay, and that he will work to ensure fair treatment of all workers.

Except for the ones that get fired due to sexual orientation.  That's perfectly fine.  In Bob McDonnell's world, gays and lesbians don't exist anyway.  They're just confused.  Ergo, it's not discrimination to fire somebody because of sexual preference anyhow to the GOP.  Why condone that behavior by protecting it from discrimination under the law?  That would be recognizing discrimination against gays and lesbians exists, after all.

And no bigot likes to be called a bigot.  You're the bigot for discriminating against straight people, is how that "logic" goes.