The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Monday, May 1, 1995                    TAG: 9504280017
SECTION: FRONT                    PAGE: A6   EDITION: FINAL 
TYPE: Letter 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   26 lines

HOMOPHOBIC STAND

Homophobia is alive and well at the very highest level of the Virginia courts.

One basis for the denial of Sharon Bottoms' right to be a parent is - gasp! - Virginia's laws making oral sex illegal. Well, we certainly know that the only people in the state engaging in such abominable acts are lesbians! And by all means, we should ignore all the studies that have shown no evidence that being raised by a gay parent is harmful to the children involved.

I salute the Virginia Supreme Court and its

homophobic stand!

MARY P. OWENS

Virginia Beach, April 22, 1995

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