Craddock Comments Elicit Both Outrage, Denials

Centre View
October 27, 2005
By Bonnie Hobbs
At the center of a firestorm this week is Chris Craddock, the Republican candidate running for state delegate in the 67th District, after comments made last week to a Westfield High AP government class about both gays and sex in Africa.
Some students were so incensed by what they heard that […]

Drama teachers navigating new policy

Loudoun Connection
October 15, 2005
By Kim Centazzo
Andrew Curtin is a first-year teacher at Park View High School in Sterling.
Although he did not work for Loudoun County Public Schools in 2004, the
theatre teacher has been affected by the Stone Bridge High School play
incident that depicted two boys kissing.
After the kiss, Loudoun County Public Schools enforced new […]

Confusion about gays

Roanoke Times
October 13, 2005
By Elizabeth Massie
Massie is an Augusta County-based author and novelist.
I recently attended a meeting of the Valley Family Forum in Bridgewater. The meeting was to address “Gay activism and its effect on America.”
There were a number of speakers, calmly presenting their so-called facts on the gay lifestyle and how it harms the […]

Limits on Marriage Aren’t Good for All

Loudoun Observer
October 3, 2005
By Thom Beres, Col, USAF, Ret, Cascades
Joe Budzinski, (Marriage Supporters Discuss VA Plans, Sept. 19), can heave a sigh of relief that Gov Schwarzenegger has saved “traditional” marriage in California by vetoing the legislature’s vote to redefine marriage so all couples can solidify their willingness before the law to commit to support […]