A First - Two gays running against each other in the primary -- and the lack of qualifying opponents in the general election -- have guaranteed that a gay man will serve next year in the Virginia House of Delegates, the Washington Blade reports. While this is great news for homos in the Old Dominion, I kinda feel sorry for the guy. The homophobia in Richmond politics is rampant, and the GOP caucus is a festering swamp of big-time bigots who spend way too much time gay-baiting and self-righteously trashing homosexual citizens. Hope he's up to the task.