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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

Orlando Magic owner Richard Devos has financially supported traditional-marriage amendments and been critical of homosexuality. On social media and in multiple CNN and PBS segments this week, journalists and others have wondered, with varying levels of approval, whether the precedent set by the NBA's punishment of Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling means Mr. Devos should be retaliated against, too. (Associated Press)

Clippers furor leads to focus on new owners to target

Is Orlando Magic owner Richard DeVos "the next" one? After the public firestorm over Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling's racist comments, liberals in social media and journalism have targeted the devout Christian and wealthy co-founder of Amway for his support for the traditional definition of marriage.

May 1, 2014
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie addresses a gathering during a town hall meeting in Brick Township, N.J., Thursday, April 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Legislation may reveal adoptees’ birth mothers

A decades-long legislative battle over New Jersey adoption records appears to be coming to an end. On Monday, Republican Gov. Chris Christie conditionally vetoed a bill to permit adult adoptees to get their original birth certificates, but his instructions on how to fix the bill are likely to be accepted by lawmakers, advocates said.

April 28, 2014
FILE - This Oct. 13, 2013 file photo shows Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy speaking in Philadelphia. The Supreme Court on Wednesday said a federal law limits how much money victims of child pornography can recover from people who viewed their images online, throwing out a nearly $3.4 million judgment in favor of a woman whose childhood rape has been widely seen on the Internet. Kennedy said for the court that federal judges should exercise discretion in awarding restitution. The case involved a woman known in court papers by the pseudonym "Amy." Her losses have been pegged at nearly $3.4 million, based on the ongoing Internet trade and viewing of images of her being raped by her uncle when she was 8 and 9 years old. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

Divided court strikes down big porn award

Victims of child pornography should be awarded restitution from persons convicted of having or viewing their images — but the amount of payment has to fit the scale of the offense, a divided Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.

April 23, 2014

Gay-photo lawsuit partially dismissed

A Virginia traditional-values advocacy group has won a partial court victory in a lawsuit over the unauthorized use of a photo of two men kissing in two political mailers.

April 8, 2014
Andrew Sullivan arrives at the White House for the State Dinner hosted by President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama for British Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife Samantha, Wednesday, March 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) ** FILE **

Some gay activists fear same-sex supporters are becoming intolerant

The resignation of a Silicon Valley executive who opposed gay marriage and refused to recant has sparked an online fight among gays about whether proponents of same-sex marriage are now going too far in trying to marginalize their opponents socially and economically.

April 6, 2014
FILE - In this March 5, 2013, file photo, April DeBoer, second from left, sits with her adopted daughter Ryanne, 3, left, and Jayne Rowse, fourth from left, and her adopted sons Jacob, 3, middle, and Nolan, 4, right, at their home in Hazel Park, Mich. A federal judge has struck down Michigan's ban on gay marriage, Friday, March 21, 2014, the latest in a series of decisions overturning similar laws across the U.S. The two nurses who've been partners for eight years claimed the ban violated their rights under the U.S. Constitution. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Michigan gay marriage battle focuses on kids

State gay marriage laws are under attack in courts across the land, but the legal battle over gay marriage in Michigan has broken new ground as a federal court has weighed — and rejected — research questioning the impact of same-sex unions on children.

March 25, 2014
Supporters and protesters chant before closing arguments in the trial of two Detroit-area nurses, Jayne Rowse and April DeBoer, challenging Michigan's gay-marriage ban at the Theodore Levin Federal Court in Detroit Friday March 7, 2014. Michigan's ban on same-sex marriage was approved by voters in 2004. Detroit federal Judge Bernard Friedman is not expected to make a decision Friday. (AP Photo/Detroit Free Press, Mandi Wright) DETROIT NEWS OUT; NO SALES

Court grants injunction in Michigan gay marriage ruling

A federal judge's decision to overturn Michigan's traditional-marriage amendment, opening the door to Michigan becoming the 22nd state with legal gay marriage, was put on hold over the weekend by federal appeals court and the state governor.

March 21, 2014