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By GEORGE BOWLES
Sizeable numbers of Virginia conservatives were frothing at the mouth last week. The cause of their upset was the overwhelming Senate vote in favor of a national holiday honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
The House of Representatives had approved the legislation earlier. The holiday will be observed on the third Monday in January beginning in 1986.
Even more galling to the Old Dominion’s right wing was the unexpected support the measure received from the state’s two Republican Senators, John Warner and Paul Trible. Compounding the opponents’ frustration was President Reagan’s assurance, however reluctant, that he would sign the holiday bill into law.
Opponents of the measure cited three major reasons for their objections. They were convinced, first, that sealed FBI records would prove King was a womanizer, and therefore morally unfit for such a national honor.
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