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Bill against gay adoption loses

A Senate committee rejects House measure intended to discourage such adoptions Richmond Times-Dispatch February 17, 2005 By Tyler Whitley The Senate Courts of Justice Committee defeated by voice vote yesterday a bill designed to discourage adoptions by homosexuals in Virginia. … Continue reading

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Bill to restrict gay adoption dismissed

“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

“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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Insight and maturity

Loudoun Easterner February 16, 2005 By Jeri McGiverin, Mainstream Loudoun The Loudoun County School Board’s Committee on Policy has been assigned the dubious task of “investigating” the original one-act play, “Offsides,” put on by the Stone Bridge High School Drama … Continue reading

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Unreasonable fears

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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House’s ”crazy” ideas doomed in Senate

The Virginian-Pilot February 15, 2005 By Warren Fiske RICHMOND – The world-famous “droopy drawers” bill soon may have company in the graveyard of high-profile bills that were born in the House of Delegates and shot down in the state Senate. … Continue reading

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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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