By Steve Ralls
Cross-posted at Bilerico

Next Thursday, I’ll be heading to New Orleans to join my friends who call the city home for its annual Labor Day debauchery, also known as Southern Decadence. It will be the first time I have been to the city since it was ravaged by Hurricane Katrina. And I’ll be arriving in the Big Easy as one political convention has just ended and one is gearing up to begin.

While it may seem odd to link Southern Decadance, partying in New Orleans and the 2008 race for the White House, there’s troubling news just out from the AP that stitches it all together. That link is Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, rumored to be on Senator John McCain’s VP short list. Early Thursday morning, Jindal announced that he plans a huge step backwards for Louisiana’s vibrant gay community.

By Friday morning, anti-gay discrimination in Jindal’s state will be legal once again.

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