Kevin Mead and Wanling Su

McDonnell

The Washington Post recently unearthed Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob McDonnell's 1989 controversial master's thesis, possibly endangering his 8 to 10 point lead in most polls against Democratic candidate Creigh Deeds. McDonnell expressed controversial views about gay rights, working women and abortion in the thesis, written during McDonnell's time at Regent University in Virginia Beach. "Every level of government should statutorily and procedurally prefer married couples over cohabitators, homosexuals, or fornicators," McDonnell wrote in the thesis.