I just saw this article from today’s Washington Post and it is too rich…I bet there are some pissed off people in the Virginia’s Governor’s Mansion tonight.
Good!!! The current Governor and his crowd are the nastiest, meanest, pettiest and dumbest group of people to occupy that house and office since I can remember.
Now, if only the Virginia Attorney General has some fun relatives, it will be a true trip in the Old Dominion.
Here is an excerpt from the article with a link to the full article at the bottom:
Robyn Deane, dressed in a red raincoat, jeans and heels, glanced at her handwritten notes before peering at the crowd gathered outside Virginia’s Capitol to promote the rights of gay and transgender state workers.
Robyn Deane, transgendered former brother-in-law of Gov. McDonnell, fights for gay rights
For years, Deane, a man who is in the process of becoming of woman, had considered revealing her lengthy but largely unknown connection to Gov. Robert F. McDonnell (R). She had told no one that this would finally be the moment she went public.
“I am father to three of the present governor’s nephews and nieces,” she announced to the more than 100 people trying to shield themselves from the rain.
“Whoa,” someone muttered.
“I’m also uncle to five of his children, so that puts me kind of close,” Deane continued. “He is my former brother-in-law. . . . He witnessed the impact that all of this coming out can have on one’s life. He had a front-row-center seat.”
Deane’s declaration was the first step in her second coming out, this time as an activist attempting to leverage her past association to McDonnell to promote a cause that has become dear to her: the advancement of gay and transgender rights. In particular, Deane wants Virginia and national lawmakers to pass legislation that prevents discrimination in the workplace on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. She also wants to persuade McDonnell to speak publicly about how people should accept those who are gay or transgender.
Deane said she decided to announce her relationship to McDonnell on April 21 because she feels that her situation hardened some of his views on sexual orientation. The governor opposes same-sex marriage and has not backed measures that protect gay state workers from discrimination.
“Maybe I sealed an anger in him toward people like us,” she said at the rally.
Deane also believes their past relationship makes her the most qualified person to persuade the governor to change his views, even though the last time they saw each other was at a family Christmas gathering more than a decade ago, just before Deane divorced a younger sister of McDonnell’s wife, Maureen, in 1999 after 17 years.
via Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell’s former in-law speaks out for gay rights.
Lost in the 21st Century 