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President Obama says same-sex marriage should be legal
President Barack Obama says he now supports same-sex marriage, ending months of equivocation on a subject with powerful election-year consequences. Obama says he has concluded that it is important for him to affirm that he thinks same-sex couples...
Tags: Family, Same-Sex Marriage, Social Issues, Marriage
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Local pastors react to President Obama's support for gay marriage
ReporterA local pastor calls marriage the one thing that combines both church and state. So it's no surprise that gay marriage has sparked intense debate especially now that the President Barack Obama has weighed in. There was a lot of talk about the President'...Tags: Family, Religion and Belief, Same-Sex Marriage, Roanoke County, Marriage
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Reverend Jonathan Falwell releases a statement about gay marriage
Reverend Jonathan Falwell has released a statement about gay marriage in response to Prisedent Obama's statement earlier this week. Here is what he has to say about the issue: Statement on Same Sex Marriage by Jonathan Falwell Now that President Obama...
Tags: Family, Politics, Barack Obama, Customs and Tradition, Arts and Culture
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Virginia Senate passes adoption discrimination bill
Legislation allowing private adoption agencies to discriminate against gay prospective parents is on its
way to Virginia's governor, who has said he will sign it.
The Senate voted 22-18 Tuesday to pass legislation allowing private agencies to deny...Tags: Politics, Phillip P Puckett, Bob McDonnell, Government, Republican Party
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State agency finalizes gay adoption rules
The Associated PressThe Virginia Board of Social Services has finalized regulations that advocates say would allow state-licensed adoption agencies to discriminate against prospective adoptive and foster parents based on their sexual orientation. The board voted 5-1 at its...Tags: Family, Protestantism, Religion and Belief, Social Services, Christianity
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Virginia Senate rejects amendments to gay adoption bill
The Virginia Senate has rejected a series of amendments by Democrats aimed at softening a bill that allows anti-gay discrimination by private child-placement agencies.
Republican Sen. Jeffrey McWaters' bill will be on calendar for a final Senate vote...Tags: Family, Politics, Jeffrey L. McWaters, Democratic Party, U.S. Senate
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Virginia House approves gay adoption bill
The Virginia House of Delegates has passed legislation that would allow private adoption agencies to deny placements that conflict with their religious or moral beliefs, including opposition to homosexuality.
Without debate, the House voted 71-28 to pass...Tags: Family, Virginia General Assembly, U.S. Senate, Social Issues, Adoption
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UPDATED: Local House of Delegates candidate admits to having an affair with a minor
Linda Wall agreed to talk with NEWS7's Tim Saunders. You can see it tonight on NEWS7.
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- A conservative independent seeking a House of Delegates seat from Appomattox says when she was a junior high teacher 40 years ago...Tags: Primaries, Politics, Adultery, Lawyers, File Sharing
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Appomattox political candidate admits to lesbian affair with underage girl
Reporter/Lynchburg Bureau ChiefAn Appomattox woman's past is becoming an issue in her bid for state office. "Who I used to be doesn't really define who I am now," said Linda Wall, who is running as an independent candidate for the 59th district seat in the Virginia House of Delegates....Tags: Politics, Elections, Judges, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Justice System
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Charges dismissed against pastor involved in lesbian custody dispute
Federal prosecutors in Vermont have dismissed criminal charges against an American missionary who had been charged with helping a woman involved in a custody dispute with her former lesbian partner flee the country.
Court document say Vermont's U.S....Tags: Lawyers, Trials, Justice System, Minority Groups, Prosecution
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Man charged in custody battle wants Vermont trial moved
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) -- A Nicaraguan missionary charged with helping a woman involved in a custody dispute with her former lesbian partner flee the United States with the child wants his trial moved out of Vermont.
Timothy David Miller also wants...Tags: Trials, Minority Groups
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Texas Governor and GOP presidential candidate Rick Perry visits Virginia
ReporterTexas Governor Rick Perry brought his presidential campaign to Virginia, with two stops Wednesday in the Commonwealth. In a speech to students at Liberty University, Perry sidestepped recent criticism with a personal address about his Texas roots, and...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Jerry Falwell, Illegal Immigrants, Labor Legislation, Defense
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