Category Archives: Advocacy

Gay-bashing strikes real parents, real lives

The Virginian-Pilot February 13, 2005 By Margaret Edds AS MOST OF America knows, Vice President Dick Cheney has a lesbian daughter. And he doesn’t support a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. Discrimination sits a little sourly on the stomach when … Continue reading

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Beware a Bigoted Legacy

Washington Post Loudoun Extra February 10, 2005 At a crucial time in American development, Virginia was the birthplace of freedom. Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and others equally important, if less well-known, contributed the words and the actions that … Continue reading

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Welcoming Place for Gay Residents?

In the face of legislation that could limit their rights, gay advocates say that most friends, neighbors and coworkers in Loudoun don’t reflect anti-gay rhetoric. Loudoun Connection February 10, 2005 By Suzannah Evans When 11 states passed constitutional amendments defining … Continue reading

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That play

Loudoun Easterner February 9, 2005 We are going to try to avoid at least some of the controversy involved in the “Postcards from Paradise” play at Stone Bridge High School. We are little surprised about it, but we know that … Continue reading

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Oppose Censorship – Support Our Students

Not only have anti-gay legislators submitted a bill to prohibit students from organizing gay-straight alliances in their schools, now Delegate Dick Black is trying to impose censorship on student drama productions. He is apparently offended that a student-written and directed … Continue reading

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GROUPS CALL FOR FAIRFAX COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER’S RESIGNATION

For Immediate Release Friday, Feb. 4, 2005 Equality Fairfax contact: Kelly Schlageter Phone: (571) 241-6342 February 4, 2005 — Today Equality Fairfax, Equality Virginia, the national capital area chapter of the Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network (GLSEN), Parents and Friends … Continue reading

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On gay marriage, present and the future

The Virginian-Pilot February 4, 2005 By the time this General Assembly session ends, lawmakers will almost certainly pass a constitutional amendment defining the institution of marriage as the union of a single man and a single woman. You’d almost think … Continue reading

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