Tag Archives: Adoption

Bill to restrict gay adoption dismissed

Posted on February 17, 2005 by David

“It doesn’t make a shred of sense,” said Sen. Richard L. Saslaw, D-Springfield. “We are getting involved in something that isn’t any of our business.” The Daily Progress February 17, 2005 By Bob Gibson RICHMOND – A bill that would … Continue reading →

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Voice vote rejects bill on adoption

Posted on February 17, 2005 by David

“This thing comes awfully close to being pretty bigoted,” one senator said in opposition. The bill’s sponsor maintained that “homosexuals present certain risks as parents.” The Roanoke Times February 17, 2005 By Michael Sluss RICHMOND – A Senate committee firmly … Continue reading →

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Unreasonable fears

Posted on February 16, 2005 by David

Loudoun Easterner Feb. 16, 2005 Delegate Dick Black’s extremist agenda has reached a point where he is literally willing to throw the baby out with the bath water. He wants to force women to carry unwanted pregnancies, and then he … Continue reading →

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A PLEA TO SIGN THE LETTER FROM VIRGINIA CHRISTIANS

Posted on February 15, 2005 by David

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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Gay-bashing strikes real parents, real lives

Posted on February 13, 2005 by David

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

Posted on February 10, 2005 by David

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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Committee changes bill preventing homosexual adoption

Posted on February 4, 2005 by David

The Lynchburg News & Advance February 4, 2005 By Kevin Crossett RICHMOND – A House committee altered a bill banning homosexual adoption, softening the language by requiring child placement services to consider a couple’s sexual habits as part of their … Continue reading →

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