ROANOKE - Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli (R) has been in office just about two months now and we haven't heard much out of him.
That was until Friday when news broke of this four page letter he sent to Virginia’s public universities.
Cuccinelli is aware his quote "legal advice" has created a lot of chatter not just on campuses, but across Virginia.
We wanted to find out for you how this whole thing got started.
”Clients of ours, and it is their prerogative, chose to share their legal advice with other people. This was not a public announcement or declaration on our part,” explained Cuccinelli.
Cuccinelli says several schools inquired about the law and who it protects and that he was doing his job by answering questions.
“My job as Attorney General is to advice our various arms of state government what the law is and that's what I was doing and will continue to do that and will be true to the law whether people like it or not. My job isn't to be popular it's to correctly interpret the law for my clients,” Cuccinelli said.
A bill that would have banned discrimination based on sexual orientation actually passed the Senate this session, but last week it didn't even get out of a House subcommittee.
Cuccinelli says his letter was no part of the Governor's agenda.
“The governor had nothing to do or knew about the fact that we were giving legal advice.”
It’s advice that’s now a big conversation.
We tried to get reaction from local republican leaders and several said they didn't want to touch the subject.
Meanwhile, a spokeswoman for Governor McDonnell said, "The Governor has issued a strong non-discrimination policy that will be strictly enforced within the governor's office."
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