Virginia attorney general to colleges: End gay protections - washingtonpost.com

Colleges that have included such language [including sexual orientation in non-discrimination clauses] in policies that govern university hiring and admissions — which include all of Virginia’s largest schools — have done so “without proper authority” and should “take appropriate actions to bring their policies in conformance with the law and public policy of Virginia,” Cuccinelli wrote…

“Board members are required to follow the law,” Kilgore said. “And he’s telling them what the law is.”

I went to College in Virginia. They didn’t have a Martin Luther King day: theirs was “Jackson Lee King” Day. Yep, Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee, and Martin Luther King all roll off the tongue in the same sentence quite naturally down there, I guess.

Cuccinelli to colleges: Drop gay protections | Charlottesville Daily Progress

Cuccinelli’s confidential letter, obtained Friday by The Daily Progress, says universities may not include “sexual orientation,” “gender identity” or “gender expression” in their nondiscrimination policies.

“I am aware that several Virginia colleges and universities have included ‘sexual orientation’ in their respective policies,” Cuccinelli wrote. “For the reasons stated, any college or university that has done so has acted without proper authority. Such invalid policies create, at a minimum, confusion about the law and, at worst, a litany of instances in which the school’s operation would need to change in order to come into conformance. Accordingly, I would advise the boards of each college to take appropriate actions to bring their policies in conformance with the law and public policy of Virginia.”