Stupidity prevailing in Richmond

The Virginia General Assembly, led by the usual Republican suspects, has this week baffled me yet again. Genius legislators in the House of Delegates proposed that we simply castrate sex offenders to prevent them from ever offending again. Of course! Why didn't we think of it before? And we can also cut of the hands of anyone who steals, cut out journalists tongues which they're convicted of libel, and amputate the uterus of unwed mothers. Isn't this slightly reminiscent of Hamurabi's Code?

My second favorite event of the week was when a State Senate subcommittee killed a bill (SB 700) that would prevent discrimination in state hiring based on sexuality. Nevermind that its already an executive order and the bill would simply codify Governor Warner and Kaine's order into state law. Which, you know, seems to be something that the Virginia GOP is fond of, repetitive legislation aimed at gays and lesbians. And nevermind that the bill theoretically also protects heterosexuals from losing their jobs at the discretion of a homosexual boss. The right-wing, UnChristians won the day again with their fool-proof argument that while man may be made in God's image, homosexuality is offensive and therefore there is no way that God ever created that. Brilliant reasoning Sherlock! Just the justification that was need to allow the UnChristians to vote for allowing employment discrimination on the basis of suggested or proven sexuality. Long live the land of the free and the home of the brave. Is stupidity a protected class too?