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Cheryl Wetzstein

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

Chief Justice Roy Moore of the Alabama Supreme Court has told probate judges they should continue to uphold Alabama's man-woman marriage law. He has since been likened in media reports to segregationist Gov. George Wallace. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

Ala. Judge Moore likened to segregationist George Wallace

As Alabama went through its second day in which gay marriage was legal but largely unavailable, media pundits seemed to have only one question: Is Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy S. Moore a modern-day version of segregationist Gov. George Wallace?

February 10, 2015
Tiffany Morrison, left, and her partner, Melina Akers, hold up copies of an order from Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore denying same-sex marriage licenses at the Tuscaloosa County Courthouse Monday, Feb. 9, 2015. People lined up outside the courthouse for same-sex marriage licenses but were turned down by Probate Judge Hardy McCollum because of an order handed down by Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore late Sunday night. (AP Photo/The Tuscaloosa News, Michelle Lepianka Carter)

Supreme Court won’t stop gay marriage in Alabama

Wedding bell blues reigned in Alabama on Monday, as gay groups said — with the implicit agreement of Justices Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia — that the Supreme Court had signaled a decisive national victory for gay marriage this summer, even as the state's own lawmakers refused to comply immediately with federal rulings.

February 9, 2015