<p>I’m not from Massachusetts, although I used to be.</p>
<p>I’m fully aware of the history of busing in South Boston.</p>
<p>But I think we can draw a distinction between the sentiments of citizens–there are racists everywhere, and the endorsement of those sentiments by elected officials charged with making public policy.</p>
<p>Never in Massachusetts did anyone in Massachusetts government say that the court orders of Judge Garrity be defied. In fact, hundreds of police officers protected the rights of the students.</p>
<p>In Virginia, you have the governor issuing a proclamation of Confederate History Month that failed to mention slavery as any part of the Civil War. </p>
<p>And the Attorney General is issuing directives enjoining the public universities and colleges of that state from being fair to gay staff and faculty.</p>
<p>That’s a significant difference. Do you want to attend college in a state where the attorney general goes out of his way to issue an opinion banning non-discrimination regarding sexual orientation.</p>
<p>To the credit of the people and institutions of Virginia, they are pushing back against the AG vigorously.</p>
<p>Actually, if you are interested in fighting for the rights of all citizens a school in Virginia could be a better place to be, right on the front lines against the forces of evil and darkness.</p>