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[VA] Governor issues directive against discrimination
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Mar 10, 2010 03:41pm |
| Category | Rule Change |
| News Date | Mar 10, 2010 03:00pm |
| Description | After a day of legislative maneuvering and protests, Gov. Bob McDonnell issued an unusual executive directive saying workplace discrimination, including bias against gays, is prohibited in Virginia.
McDonnell’s pronouncement doesn’t make the anti-bias statement law, but says it must be obeyed in Virginia because such discrimination would be against the state and U.S. Constitutions.
The governor’s directive comes as the outcry increased against Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli’s opinion delivered to state college and university leaders last Thursday, saying that it was illegal for them to have policies that ban discrimination against gays without a mandate from the legislature.
McDonnell, unlike his Democratic predecessors, declined upon taking office to sign an executive order banning bias, instead leaving it to the legislature, which has failed to adopt a bill that passed the Senate earlier this year. |
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