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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

New-born baby Bea Joy is held by relative Michelle Satur after her mother Emily Ortega, 21, gave birth in an improvised clinic at Tacloban airport Monday Nov. 11, 2013 in Tacloban city, Leyte province in central Philippines. Bea Joy was named after her grandmother Beatrice, who was missing following the onslaught of typhoon Haiyan. Ortega was in an evacuation center when the storm surge hit and flooded the city. She had to swim to survive before finding safety at the airport. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Census: More first-time mothers give birth out of wedlock

The number of first-born U.S. babies born into a home with a married mother and father has fallen below 60 percent for the first time, the Census Bureau said Tuesday, while more than one in five first-born children are now born to cohabiting parents.

July 8, 2014
U.S. Circuit Judge Stephen Reinhardt, pictured in 1997, was part of a unanimous January ruling of the 9th Circuit Court upholding that the Supreme Court "did not expressly announce the level of scrutiny" for sexual orientation in its Windsor case ruling last June. A federal appeals court let stand a ruling that gays cannot be dismissed from a jury pool because of their sexual orientation. (AP Photo/Stephanie Turner, File )

Court bans discrimination against gays for jury pool

In a victory for gay rights advocates that could have far-reaching legal effects, a federal appeals court Tuesday let stand a ruling that gays cannot be dismissed from a jury pool because of their sexual orientation.

June 24, 2014
Pope Francis arrives for a meeting with members of St. Egidio's Community in Rome, Sunday, June 15, 2014. Pope Francis is criticizing Europe for becoming "tired" because of low birth rates and increasing numbers of young people who neither work nor study. Francis delivered the harsh assessment Sunday when he visited a Rome basilica, home to a Catholic organization, Sant'Egidio Community, whose volunteers help the elderly, immigrants and other needy. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)

Catholic media giants plan merger

In a merger of two of the best-known names in Catholic media, leaders of the Catholic News Agency and the Eternal Word Television Network announced the partnership Thursday.

June 19, 2014
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick speaks at the state Democratic convention, held at the DCU Center in Worcester, Mass., Friday, June 13, 2014. (AP Photo/Worcester Telegram & Gazette, Steve Lanava)

Ailing girl home, ending 16-month custody saga

The next steps for Justina Pelletier are to eat a grilled hamburger and watch a movie with her family — all in her own home, which she hasn't seen in about 16 months.

June 18, 2014
FILE - In this July 28, 2010 file photo, National Organization for Marriage president Brian Brown, left, tells Paula Hare, who is a transgender Vietnam War veteran, not to protest in front of his vehicle outside the state Capitol in St. Paul, Minn. Supporters against gay marriage hope a March for Marriage on Thursday, June 19, 2014, in Washington will draw thousands. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Richard Tsong-Taatarii, File) MANDATORY CREDIT; ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; MAGS OUT; TWIN CITIES TV OUT

Traditional marriage proponents fight on

With stunning swiftness, the legal landscape for same-sex marriage has been reshaped in less than a year after the Supreme Court struck down part of the federal Defense of Marriage Act.

June 18, 2014
Courtesy of A Miracle for Justina via Facebook

Justina heading home: lawyers

A conservative law firm is reporting Tuesday evening that a court order has been signed to release a teenage girl from Massachusetts state custody.

June 17, 2014