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Virginia: not for lovers. (Truth and Consequences).(sodomy law case)(Brief Article)
Robert F. McDonnell, a Republican member of Virginia's House of Delegates and chairman of the legislature's House Courts of Justice Committee, opposed the reappointment of Circuit Judge Verbena Askew because she is a lesbian. In what Lambda Legal calls "another deeply disturbing example" of how sodomy laws are used to discriminate against gay people, McDonnell argued that Askew's sexual orientation "raises some questions about the qualifications to ...
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