Mark Cole (politician)

Mark Cole
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from the 88th district
Incumbent
Assumed office 2002
Preceded by	Tom Moss (redistricted)
Personal details
Born	June 6, 1958 ( 1958 -06-06) (age 53) Louisville, Kentucky
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Eugenia Ann Fairchild
Residence	Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Alma mater	Western Kentucky University Germanna Community College Mary Washington College
Profession	Systems Analyst
Committees	Privileges and Elections Education Finance
Religion	Baptist
Military service
Service/branch	United States Navy
Years of service	1980–2004
Rank	Commander
Unit	USS Mississippi (CGN-40) United States Naval Reserve (1985–2004)
Awards	Navy Commendation Medal (3)

Mark L. Cole (born June 6, 1958, in Louisville, Kentucky) is an American politician of the Republican Party. Since 2002 he has been a member of the Virginia House of Delegates. He currently^[update] represents the 88th district in the Virginia Piedmont, made up of parts of Fauquier, Spotsylvania and Stafford Counties.

Controversy

Cole was criticized by liberals February 2010 for comments made by him about his sponsorship of a bill in the House of Delegates which would ban implantation of microchips into humans by their employers:

“

"My understanding -- I'm not a theologian -- but there's a prophecy in the Bible that says you'll have to receive a mark, or you can neither buy nor sell things in end times, some people think these computer chips might be that mark."[1]

”

Robert Boston of Americans United for Separation of Church and State said of this on MSNBC that "the sort of paranoid strain of thinking among these folks just—it advances to meet the new technology that we have."^[2]

References

1. _{^ Kunkle, Fredrick; Helderman, Rosalind S. (February 10, 2010). "Human microchips seen by some in Virginia House as device of antichrist". The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/09/AR2010020903796.html. Retrieved May 12, 2010.} 
2. ^ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35347645/ns/msnbc_tv-countdown_with_keith_olbermann/#storyContinued

External links

• "Richmond Sunlight; Delegate Mark Cole". http://www.richmondsunlight.com/legislator/mlcole/. 
• "Virginia Public Access Project; Mark L Cole". http://www.vpap.org/candidates/profile/home/35256. 
• "Virginia State Board of Elections; Election Information; Election Results". http://www.sbe.virginia.gov/cms/Election_Information/Election_Results/Index.html. 

Persondata
Name	Cole, Mark L.
Alternative names
Short description	Virginia Politician
Date of birth	1958-06-06
Place of birth	Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Date of death
Place of death