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Cheryl Wetzstein

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Cheryl Wetzstein, a Washington Times staff member since 1985, is manager of special sections in The Washington Times' Advertising and Marketing Department.
Previously, she spent 30 years as a Washington Times news reporter, covering national domestic policy, in addition to being a features writer, environmental and consumer affairs reporter, and assistant business editor.
Beginning in 1994, Mrs. Wetzstein worked exclusively on welfare and family issues such as child support enforcement, abstinence and sex education, child welfare, sexually transmitted diseases, marriage, divorce, cohabiting and gay marriage.
She has won several newspaper awards, including 1977 Cub Reporter of the Year and 1983 Heart of New York award, both from the New York Press Club.

Articles by Cheryl Wetzstein

** FILE ** U.S. Circuit Judge Stephen Reinhardt, pictured in 1997, has refused to recuse himself from considering the constitutionality of California's Prop 8 gay-marriage ban next week. (AP Photo/Stephanie Turner, File )

Prop 8 judge refuses to recuse himself

A federal appellate judge said Thursday he will not step down from the Proposition 8 trial, which begins Monday.

December 2, 2010

Documentary traces children’s AIDS

In the spirit of "never forget," a documentary about how thousands of American hemophiliacs became infected with the emerging AIDS virus is being released publicly Wednesday in honor of World AIDS Day.

November 30, 2010

Jeb Bush urges action on NCLB

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and members of a new "children's union" called Tuesday for the swift reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB).

November 30, 2010

WETZSTEIN: Marriage out? Here’s other side

A recent report from the Pew Research Center generated coast-to-coast headlines about how marriage is on the rocks.

November 29, 2010

Daily HIV pill use yields strong results

Men who faithfully take a daily pill that contains drugs to treat HIV can reduce their risk of catching the deadly virus by up to 73 percent, the National Institutes of Health said in a study released Tuesday.

November 23, 2010

U.S. not close to STD goals, CDC reports

The U.S. gonorrhea rate fell to a record low in 2009, but the syphilis rate notched up again and the chlamydia rate reached a historic high, the federal government said in its annual report on sexually transmitted diseases.

November 22, 2010

Cheryl Wetzstein

WETZSTEIN: Remembering ‘The Light and the Glory’ of first Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving time is here again. This is a reprise of a 2008 column I did about the origins of this national holiday based on "The Light and the Glory," written by Peter J. Marshall and David Manuel.

November 22, 2010

Changes in family trends raise qualms

Americans are "suspended between acceptance and unease" about the many changes in family trends, says a new report based on the views of nearly 2,700 people.

November 18, 2010

Caffeine-laced alcoholic drink marketers warned

Four marketers of popular caffeinated, high-alcohol drinks have been sent warning letters that these products are not safe and cannot be portrayed as safe, federal officials said Wednesday.

November 17, 2010

Feds may put a ban on ‘blackout in a can’

It may soon be the "last call" for "blackout in a can."

November 16, 2010

Schumer: Four Loko, similar drinks will be banned

New York's senior senator said Tuesday that high-alcohol, caffeinated beverages such as Four Loko and Joose will soon be banned by the Food and Drug Administration.

November 16, 2010

WETZSTEIN: Culture war gets Amazonian

If anyone thinks that America's culture war over sex is losing steam, they only need to Google "Amazon.com" and "pedophile" and read the news.

November 15, 2010

**FILE** In this photo from May 25, 2010, Amazon.com Inc. CEO and founder Jeff Bezos speaks during the company's shareholders meeting in Seattle. (Associated Press)

Amazon.com draws criticism for selling pedophilia book

Child-welfare advocates are still fuming over Amazon.com's online offering of a "guidebook" to being a pedophile by an author who says he wishes to give "that particular sexuality" a more benign face.

November 11, 2010

Cigarette warnings to be more graphic?

Scenes of a graveyard and the words, "Smoking can kill you," may one day cover the entire top half of a cigarette package if the federal government's new warning label system comes to pass.

November 10, 2010

Census: Solo households continue to expand

More than one in four American households has only one person in it, reflecting a slow but steady expansion of single living, the Census Bureau reports.

November 10, 2010

Gays again target DOMA in court

A gay rights legal group has taken a second aim at the federal law that backs the traditional definition of marriage in federal programs and protects states from being forced to recognize other states' gay marriages.

November 9, 2010

Cheryl Wetzstein

WETZSTEIN: Marriage gays want is altered

After I've written about gay marriage for 12 years, more than a few people have asked me how this issue got to be so big.

November 8, 2010

GOP draws religious groups, unaffiliated

In the 2010 contest for House seats, Republicans won stronger support from people in the major religious groups — and even the unaffiliated who usually vote Democratic, an analysis of exit polls show.

November 4, 2010

Setbacks in House, optimism in states for gay rights

The midterm election was a mixed bag for gay rights advocates as voters elected four new gay-friendly governors but threw out the House's Democratic majority, same-sex supporters in Maine and three Iowa judges who legalized gay marriage.

November 3, 2010

D.C. tops in gay-male households

The District of Columbia leads the nation in male same-sex households, while Massachusetts is tops in lesbian-led homes, a university-based research center says in a new report.

November 1, 2010