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Gay-rights advocates march on delegate’s home

Washington Times June 27, 2004 By Guy Taylor MANASSAS – Homosexual-rights activists yesterday marched through this historic downtown and past the home of a Virginia legislator to protest a law that bans civil unions. more »

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Gays fear new state law banning civil unions could go much further

Roanoke Times June 27, 2004 By Laurence Hammack Early in their 20 years together, Molly McClintock and Irene Peterson came to realize the rights they didn’t have. The Christiansburg couple closely followed the case of Sharon Kowalski, a Minnesota woman … Continue reading

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Fahrenheit 751

Temperature rising as deadline approaches for anti-civil union legislation Augusta Free Press June 25, 2004 By Chris Graham The gay and lesbian community in the Central Shenandoah Valley has been and is to this day eerily quiet. It’s not hard … Continue reading

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Gays plan protest march

Potomac News & Manassas Journal Messenger June 25, 2004 By Chris Newman Cindy Allan grew up in Dale City, her lesbian identity not accepted by her church and community. She left the county, away from its conservative culture, to live … Continue reading

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Virginians Stand Up for Equality June 30

House Bill 751 to Prohibit Virginians from Entering into Contracts According to a Northern Virginia coalition of religious, civic and community organizations and businesses, there is cause to learn more about and speak out against legislation that came out of … Continue reading

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Local Gay Activists, Church Speak Out Against State Law

Leesburg Today June 18, 2004 By Yolanda Reyes Equality Loudoun and Unitarian Universalists of Sterling Church have partnered for an evening of poetry in order to provide concerned gays and lesbians in Loudoun County a forum to speak out against … Continue reading

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Re: “Some plan protests of Virginia gay law”

Loudoun Easterner June 16, 2004 Regarding David Bradley’s June 9 article “Some plan protests of Virginia gay law”: Both the article and the bill’s patron, Del. Robert Marshall (R-13), have given the impression that HB 751, also known as the … Continue reading

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