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Cheryl Wetzstein

cwetzstein@washingtontimes.com

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

A rainbow colored flag, seen through an American flag, flies in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, Monday, April 27, 2015, as the Supreme Court is set to hear historic arguments in cases that could make same-sex marriage the law of the land. . (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Supreme Court hears historic same-sex marriage arguments

Justices were fractured Tuesday over fundamental questions of society, child-rearing and equal treatment under the law as the Supreme Court struggled with whether the Constitution guarantees same-sex couples the right to marry or if voters should still have the power to say what marriage means within their own state borders.

April 28, 2015
Plaintiffs from Tennessee, Michigan, and Ohio walk down steps at the Supreme Court after posing for photographs with the lawyers representing in Washington, Monday, April 27, 2015, as the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments on the constitutionality of state bans on same-sex marriage on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Supreme Court to hear gay marriage arguments Tuesday

The nine justices and five lawyers who will argue the gay marriage cases at the Supreme Court on Tuesday morning will center their debate on a simple question: "Who decides" state marriage policy?

April 27, 2015
Montana Gov. Steve Bullock signs the Bully Free Montana Act Tuesday, April 21, 2015, at Jefferson Elementary in Helena, Mont., while bill sponsor Rep. Kim Dudik, left, and Superintendent of Public Instruction Denise Juneau look on. (AP Photo/Lisa Baumann)

Watch for stress and bullying as the school year ends

As the school year winds down, and students face finals, graduation requirements, proms and figuring out their summer jobs and activities, some students will report an increase in stress, sadness and bullying, a Colorado psychologist said.

April 23, 2015
San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone walks through a gate to Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory school after students, teachers and supporters gathered for a vigil outside of St. Mary's Cathedral in San Francisco, Friday, Feb. 6, 2015. The Roman Catholic archbishop is getting pushback from some parents, students and teachers at parochial schools after unveiling faculty handbook language calling on Catholic teachers to lead their professional lives consistently with church teachings on homosexuality, same-sex marriage, abortion and birth control. Non-Catholic teachers are asked not to publicly undermine the teachings. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Catholic pushback: Archbishop Cordileone is the ‘shepherd we need’

Some 54,000 people have signed a petition in support of the San Francisco archbishop who wants Catholic moral teachings modeled or upheld in Catholic schools. Almost $30,000 has been raised to print an open letter to Pope Francis that also endorses San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone.

April 22, 2015
FILE photo — Jonathan Stacks, campaign manager for the Illinois Campaign for Responsible Sex Education, speaks to reporters during a news conference at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill., Wednesday, May 2, 2007. Mr. Stacks released a report that examines sex-education curricula used in classrooms throughout the state. The report comes at a time when Congress and the Illinois General Assembly are debating approval of new state and federal tax dollars for abstinence-only programs. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

Sex-education funds to be renewed

The Senate has approved funding for sex education that includes the "comprehensive" approach favored by the Obama administration and the "risk-avoidance" one favored by traditional-values supporters.

April 15, 2015
The dome of the Capitol stands in the background as Stephen Saras, of Atlanta, holds a rainbow colored flag during a rally against a contentious "religious freedom" bill, Tuesday, March 17, 2015, in Atlanta. The Georgia Senate gave decisive approval to the bill, one of a wave of measures surfacing in at least a dozen states that critics say could provide legal cover for discrimination against gays and transgender people. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

White House comments banning gay therapy draw mixed reaction

A White House announcement that all states should ban sexual orientation "conversion" therapy for youth has set the nation talking. Psychotherapist Christopher Doyle, director of the International Healing Foundation, countered that it's wrong to think that all youth who experience same-sex attraction are gay.

April 9, 2015
Jan Palmer, a biology teacher at Central High School in Aberdeen, S.D., top right, leads her Advanced Placement/Rising Scholars biology class through a practice test in this March 14, 2012, file photo. (AP Photo/Aberdeen American News, Kevin Bennett, File)

5 myths about teen sex

Adults and teens who think that all teens are "doing it," or that "hooking up" is more common than romantic relationships are in for a surprise: Studies do not support these concepts, says a research group on children and youth.

April 7, 2015