And no it's not D-E-M-O-C-R-A-T. It is of course B-L-O-W J-O-B-S. Yes indeed, those and a few other things done by consenting adults are not only quite naughty, but they are officially illegal in the Old Dominion (see VA Code Sec. 18.2-361 and a terroristical threat (or something) like that.
But never mind that the highly conservative Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals held the law to be unconstitutional, at least the portions that related to conduct between consenting adults. The problem is that Virginia's law applies to everyone, consenting or non-consenting. But rather than propose a simple legislative fix, oh no, Cuccinelli wants to keep the law intact. From his website:
This case [the 4th Circuit decision] is about using current law to protect a minor girl from a 47 year-old repeat sexual predator. The law is only applied to sodomy committed against minors, against non-consenting adults, or in public. In fact, contrary to misinformation peddled by Terry McAuliffe and his liberal allies against the defenders of this law, the law is not – and cannot be – used against consenting adults acting in private.
Well, if that's true, then why does the law specifically bar acts between consenting adults? Sure the 4th Circuit said that was unconstitutional, but here's Cuccenilli saying the court was wrong.
No matter how you look at it, here's Cuccenilli arguing for the law to stay on the books as written. Call me suspicious about that, especially since according to Mother Jones Cuccenilli is on record as having a blocked an attempt to fix the law back in 2004 when he was a state senator. And he's on record as saying:
“My view is that homosexual acts, not homosexuality, but homosexual acts are wrong. They’re intrinsically wrong. And I think in a natural law based country it’s appropriate to have policies that reflect that. ... They don’t comport with natural law. I happen to think that it represents (to put it politely; I need my thesaurus to be polite) behavior that is not healthy to an individual and in aggregate is not healthy to society.”
P.S. If the Virginia law stands, that would make
90% of you felons in the Old Dominion.