Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli hates gays so much that he
was thinking about how to further oppress them on his last day in
office, Think Progress reports:
Cuccinelli’s
non-binding opinion, which is dated January 10, 2014, concludes that “a
Governor may not direct or require any agency of state government to
allow same-sex couples to receive joint marital status for Virginia
income tax returns.” Cuccinelli’s successor, Democrat Mark Herring, was
sworn in January 11.
TP adds:
The question of whether married same-sex
couples may file joint Virginia tax forms hinges upon a potential
conflict in state law. Although the state constitution includes an
expansive ban on same-sex marriages or similar arrangements, gay rights
advocates note that forbidding same-sex couples from filing jointly “is
in conflict with the state law that requires conformity with federal
rules” — married couples of all kinds file joint tax returns under
federal law.
Virginia's new governor Terry McAuliffe, on the other hand, made LGBT rights the first issue on his agenda.
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