I stand in support of the original text of the proposed rule that prohibited licensee's from discriminating based on race, color, gender, national origin, age, religion, political beliefs, sexual orientation, disability, or family status.
Virginia jurisprudence has a long history of putting the best interest of its children and incapacitated citizen first in custody disputes, guardianship cases and legal matter; the proposed rule should not undue that history by effectively agreeing that a prospective parents immutable and/or irrelevant characteristics are more important to the Commonwealth than the child’s best interest.