Check out McDonnell’s U Turn

andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com

But guess what? McDonnell just issued a statement, with less force than his executive order, that backtracks on his previous position. Money quote:

Discrimination based on factors such as one’s sexual orientation or parental status violates the Equal Protection Clause of the United States Constitution.

That’s an amazing statement. It essentially states that gay people have a federal constitutional right to marry! The times they are a changing.