Gay Black Man Elected in Virginia

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Lawrence Webb, an openly gay–and openly black–man in Falls Church was elected to the Falls Church city council.  He is the first gay black man to take an elected position in the Commonwealth of Virginia.  Hooray!

Does this mean Virginia is no longer the racist grandfather of the nation?

No.  No it does not.

Webb won by 36 votes in one of the most liberal cities in Virginia.  Falls Church is in Northern Virginia (NOVA) and is a stone’s throw away (Do stones throw things?  Oh.  I guess they do.) from the godless, liberal Washington D.C.  NOVA is an almost entirely separate state from the rest of Virginia, politically.

Virginia hasn’t changed.  Until the Bubonic Plague starts spreading in the churches, I doubt it ever will.

[Advocate.com]

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