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Who’s Behind The Gay Baiting Fliers In Virginia’s State Senate Race? | Over the weekend, an anonymous group began circulating a flier in the Norfolk-based 6th District of Virginia accusing Virginia State Sen. Ralph Northam (D) of accepting homosexuals who “molest children into the gay life style.” The ad claimed that gay people “spread most of the AIDS in America” and that LGBT advocacy groups work with organizations “that support the molesting of children.” Northam’s opponent, Republican Ben Loyola, has denied any connection to the flier, but blogger Michael-in-Norfolk argues that the attacks could very well stem from Tidewater Campaign Solutions (TCS), a consulting group that is now working with Loyola’s campaign and has represented several anti-gay politicians in the past. TCS has also “worked for Ralph Reed’s Faith and Freedom Coalition,” and has been associated with the anti-gay Traditional Values Coalition.