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Openly Gay Candidate in PW County Verbally Attacked Because of Orientation
Submitted by sarahcg on December 9, 2006 - 8:08am.
Yesterday in Prince William County, Supervisor candidate Jeff Dion and his family were attacked on an anti-gay right-wing blog because of his sexual orientation, his family situation, and oddly enough, the size of his home.
Here is the original outrageous post that was made on the Black Velvet Bruce Li blog
Resulting threads on the popular blogs Not Larry Sabato and Raising Kaine have further discussed the issue of openly gay candidates
Jeff, an Occoquan District resident, is the Democratic nominee for the Prince William County Board of Supervisors special election on January 30th to fill the seat of outgoing Supervisor Corey Stewart (R-Occoquan) who was elected Chairman on November 7th.
Jeff Dion's kick-off event is today, Saturday at noon in Occoquan. See his web site's event page for directions and address (click on Google map link on this page)
Please consider attending Jeff's kick-off if you can despite the late notice.
Also, contact Jeff's campaign at info@jeffdion.org to find out other ways you can support the first openly gay candidate in Prince WIlliam County history. Even though it's in Prince William and not in Fairfax, it's close enough for many of us in the southern part of Fairfax County to come out and help.
Contributions can be made at Jeff's web site via secure Paypal:
We hope this information is helpful in keeping you in touch with GLBT issues and politics in Northern Virginia.
Here is the original outrageous post that was made on the Black Velvet Bruce Li blog
Resulting threads on the popular blogs Not Larry Sabato and Raising Kaine have further discussed the issue of openly gay candidates
Jeff, an Occoquan District resident, is the Democratic nominee for the Prince William County Board of Supervisors special election on January 30th to fill the seat of outgoing Supervisor Corey Stewart (R-Occoquan) who was elected Chairman on November 7th.
Jeff Dion's kick-off event is today, Saturday at noon in Occoquan. See his web site's event page for directions and address (click on Google map link on this page)
Please consider attending Jeff's kick-off if you can despite the late notice.
Also, contact Jeff's campaign at info@jeffdion.org to find out other ways you can support the first openly gay candidate in Prince WIlliam County history. Even though it's in Prince William and not in Fairfax, it's close enough for many of us in the southern part of Fairfax County to come out and help.
Contributions can be made at Jeff's web site via secure Paypal:
We hope this information is helpful in keeping you in touch with GLBT issues and politics in Northern Virginia.