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New gay-rights battleground: Virginia
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Contributor | John |
Last Edited | John May 23, 2013 06:22am |
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News Date | Thursday, May 23, 2013 12:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
Description | Welcome to the gay rights battleground of Virginia.
Yes, you read that right. In the 2013 off-year elections, a state that once leaned solidly to the center-right has become the newest focal point in the national debate over same-sex relationships. A gubernatorial race already defined partly along culture-war lines has grown even more contentious since last weekend, when Virginia Republicans nominated as their lieutenant governor candidate a firebrand minister who has called gays “very sick people psychologically” and suggested a connection between homosexuality and pedophilia. |
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