That said, that is the first I’d heard about those laws. Fucking Stone Age, truly. I wish I had some way to make them understand the spirit of utter contempt for their idea of marriage in which my marriage was sanctified. But I am white, middle class and straight so the cunts will never get it. Burn them all.

I live in Virginia in the States. Last year, Republicans in the Virginia General Assembly enacted, by a veto-proof majority, one of the most homophobic and discriminatory laws ever contemplated by the twisted mind of man. This law, which they have the temerity to call “The Marriage Affirmation Act,” not only bans gay marriage and civil unions, but also declares null and void “any contract or other arrangement between persons of the same sex purporting to bestow the privileges or obligations of marriage.” In short, the State has eradicated what few recourses are left to gays and lesbians to protect their families. Wills can be declared invalid, as can any contracts formulated to share assets or medical benefits. Powers of attorney and child welfare/adoption arrangements could become a thing of the past. Henceforth, gays and lesbians in the state of Virginia will exist totally outside any law that might solidify their relationship.

And next Fall, having marginalized the gay community, these same dirty fuckers will undoubtedly campaign to the slack-jawed yokels (the children and grandchildren of other slack-jawed yokels who 50 years ago supported closing the Virginia public schools rather than face the horror of racial integration) by condemning gays and lesbians for their “alternative lifestyles,” conducted outside “the mainstream.”