Loudoun Supervisor Delgaudio rebuked for anti-gay remarks

[Ardent15]

Loudoun County Supervisor Eugene A. Delgaudio (R-Sterling), a longtime opponent of gay rights, is coming under increased criticism for recent comments viewed as homophobic and embarrassing to the community.

At a Board of Supervisors meeting Wednesday, five of his board counterparts used personal time to chastise the Sterling supervisor for anti-gay comments. One member, Andrea McGimsey (D-Potomac), apologized that Delgaudio made some of the remarks from the board dais.

At a Jan. 6 meeting, supervisors voted to expand Loudoun's nondiscrimination policy to prohibit bias on the basis of sexual orientation in hiring by the county. Delgaudio fought the change in the meeting, saying he was especially offended by language in the measure that sought protection for transgendered people. In the debate, he called the board's attempt to protect transgendered people "freaky" and "bizarre." In a subsequent newsletter to supporters, Delgaudio wrote that "if a man dressed as a woman wants a job, you have to treat 'it' the same as a normal person."

Those comments drew a sharp rebuke from the Loudoun Times-Mirror on Jan. 13. In an editorial, the paper scolded the supervisor for "sustained and unrestrained demagoguery targeting human beings." The paper called for an apology and went on to say it cringed "with embarrassment for the image of Loudoun" that the supervisor was projecting.


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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/23/AR2010012300051.html

Delgaudio was a major "Clinton killed Vince Foster" guy on the right-wing hate machine back in the 90s. Nice to see him taking heat.

[Bitwit1234]

1. You know why some people are so anti-gay?

I think they have a secret fear that they are leaning that way, and they have to constantly berate the gay people. I say it over and over...they do protest too much. Because if they didnt' have it in the back of their mind why would someone being "different" even bother them.