Tag Archives: Gay-Straight Alliance

A chilling message to gay students

Richmond Times-Dispatch March 11, 2005 By Michael Paul Williams I can only imagine how tough it is to be a gay or lesbian teenager. Plotting a course through the storms of adolescence is difficult enough without a sexual orientation that … Continue reading

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And the survey says …

Local Dems upset with GOP-sponsored survey Augusta Free Press February 18, 2005 By Chris Graham Former Harrisonburg mayor Joe Fitzgerald obviously didn’t give the computer the response that it wanted. Answering his phone one night last week, Fitzgerald, the former … Continue reading

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Anti-gay enough for you?

Augusta Free Press February 17, 2005 By Chris Graham “It’s interesting to see that in a state with the transportation-infrastructure problems that we have,” said Joshua Israel, the president of the Virginia Partisans Gay and Lesbian Democratic Club, “and people … Continue reading

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A PLEA TO SIGN THE LETTER FROM VIRGINIA CHRISTIANS

In Germany they came first for the Communists and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Communist. Then they came for the Jews and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Jew. Then they came for the trade … 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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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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‘Gay-straight’ clubs in schools anger foes

The Washington Times November 17, 2004 By Christina Bellantoni Family groups and state lawmakers say “gay-straight” student clubs in the region – some even are operating at middle schools – promote homosexuality and encourage teens to be sexually active. Students … Continue reading

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