So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, goodnight.
Virginia attorney general and failed candidate for governor Ken Cuccinelli
is a petty, petty man.
Just hours before leaving office, former Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli (R) issued an opinion that appears intended to entrench his own anti-gay policy preferences while he could still speak as his state’s top legal officer. [...]
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.
The non-binding part means this was nothing more than a last-day bit of wankery from a man still determined to have a career spouting off about
the gays after that touchy business of losing the election.