> In Virginia we have gone from a 12 year
>period of not too bad rule by moderate Demos
>to a situation where we have total domination
>by the Repugs, with a big faction of bible thumpers
>involved (we are the home state of both Jerry Falwell
>and Pat Robertson). One personal upshot is that
>the Repug governors have been paying off the
>Christian Right by appointing them to state university
>oversight boards. We've got one attacking gay and
>lesbian literature courses. At already pretty right-wing
>George Mason they are doing a lot more.
Students in Virginia will learn more about gay & lesbian struggles by fighting off the Christian Right & defending gay & lesbian literature courses than taking the said courses, probably. Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty, as Wendell Phillips, among others, said.
Yoshie