Tag Archives: gay families

Louisiana Court Ruling: Both Adoptive Dads Get Their Names On Birth Certificate

The Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled yesterday that both adoptive fathers in a Louisiana gay adoption case may have their names put on the child’s birth certificate. A three-judge panel unanimously upheld a district judge’s ruling, ordering the state registrar to quickly issue a new certificate for the boy identified as “Infant J,” and “J.C. A.-S.” “Even our …

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CPAC: Gay Familes = Hitler Youth

Right Wing Watch: Janice Shaw Crouse of The Beverly LaHaye Institute joined the EagleForum’s Phyllis Schafly and Tim Goeglein of Focus on the Family for a CPAC panel entitled “Saving Freedom from The Enemies of Our Values.” While Schlafly spent most of her speech rambling on about the internal enemies of the conservative movement, namely RINOs and Rockefeller Republicans, and …

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Wal-Mart Bans Gay Couple For Shoplifting (Even Though They Didn’t Do It)

A Wal-Mart in rural Indiana detained two gay attorneys and their two adopted special needs sons and then banned them from patronizing any store in the chain, even though video records proved that the couple had not shoplifted the packages of Bic lighters that employees claimed they had. One of the men had used the store’s self-checkout lane and security …

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Age, Income, Kids: New Study Says Gay Families Similar To Straight Families

According to new study of U.S. Census Bureau data performed by researchers at UCLA, there’s not much difference between straight families and gay couples who report themselves as married. Same-sex couples who identify as married are similar to straight spouses in terms of age and income, and nearly one-third of them are raising children, according to Census data released Monday …

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King & King

JMG reader Sean Chapin writes: “The Leffew Family and I have teamed up with our friends to produce a video re-enactment of the children’s book ‘King & King’ that has recently been vilified in two TV ads from the Maine ‘Yes on 1’ Campaign (as well as the Yes on Prop 8 Campaign last year). The purpose of this video …

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Leffew Dads And Wanda Sykes Receive Awards From Family Equality Council

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Family Equality Council Honors Leffews

The Leffew family, whose popular YouTube videos about two men raising two kids have been posted here and in much of the gay blogosphere, will be honored with an award from the Family Equality Council. The event takes place this Sunday in Los Angeles and will be hosted by Wanda Sykes. Get tickets here.

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Obama Acknowledges Gay Parents In Family Day 2009 Proclamation

Embiggen the image at left to read President Obama’s mention of gay families in his proclamation endorsing Family Day 2009. An excerpt: Our family provides one of the strongest influences on ourlives. American families from every walk of life have taught ustime and again that children raised in loving, caring homes have the ability to reject negative behaviors and reach …

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UK: Lesbian Couples Get Equal Birth Rights

In the UK, lesbian couples can now have each of their names put on the birth certificates of children conceived via artificial insemination. The law change applies to female couples in England and Wales who were having fertility treatment on or after 6 April 2009. However critics say the change would be detrimental to family values. Previously, the mother’s female …

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Ask A Gay Family

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What Is A Family?

Idaho local news discusses the recent decision by a water park not to extend the family discount to a gay family because they “aren’t real.”

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Georgia Supreme Court: Kids Can Visit Gay Dad’s Friends

The Georgia Supreme Court has rejected a lower court’s ruling that the children of a divorcing couple could not have any contact with the (now openly gay) father’s friends. The ruling was hailed by gay rights groups who said the decision focuses on the needs of children instead of perpetuating a stigma on the basis of sexual orientation. The state …

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No Discount: Gay Family Told “You’re Not A Real Family” At Idaho Water Park

A lesbian couple and their three foster children were denied the family discount at an Idaho water park after employees told them that they weren’t entitled to one because the state doesn’t consider them a real family. A local hot pool is getting even hotter after a family was denied a reduced admission price for families because the parents were …

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Wingnuts: Gay Parents = Gay Kids

Today’s “exclusive!” top story on World Net Daily is a claim from some crackpot psychologist who says that kids with gay parents are “seven times more likely to be homosexual!” A licensed psychologist with both clinical and forensic practice outreaches is warning that it appears children of homosexual couples are seven times more likely to develop “non-heterosexual preferences” than other …

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Obama Invites Gay Families To White House For Annual Easter Egg Roll

The Obama administration has invited gay families to participate in this year’s annual White House Easter Egg Roll, a holiday tradition which began in the 1870’s. Families say the gesture shows that the new Democratic administration values them as equal to other families. And for many, being included in the annual tradition — dating to 1878 — renews hope that …

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TV Station Relents, Gay Families Ad To Air

Last week KABC-TV in Los Angeles refused to run pro-gay family PSA’s from Get To Know Us First during the inauguration, saying the clips were “too controversial.” After the intervention of GLAAD, the station has relented and will now run the commercials. Via GLAAD’s press release: Los Angeles television station KABC announced today, following a meeting with the Gay & …

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LA ABC Station Refuses To Air PSAs About Gay Families: “Too Controversial”

Claiming the clips were too controversial to run during inauguration coverage, KABC-TV in Los Angeles refused to run public service announcements from Get To Know Us First, a group that promotes acceptance of LGBT families. From their press release: Non-profit organization GetToKnowUsFirst.org produced five 30-second commercials featuring gay and lesbian families, with the message “Marriage promotes families. Support marriage equality.” …

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Proud Parenting Says “No On 8”

From Proud Parenting, here’s a lovely “No On 8” ad featuring the children of gay parents. It’s a simple and humanizing message to have kids say “I have two moms.”

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Gay Families Chose Outer Boroughs

An interesting survey from the Williams Institute shows that while 38% of NYC’s gay couples live in Manhattan, almost all couples with children live in the outer boroughs. While Manhattan’s gay couples are hitting the city’s hot nightclubs, their counterparts in The Bronx are more likely to be reading kids bedtime stories, a new survey has found. Despite being home …

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Arkansas: Christianists Get Anti-Gay Adoption Bill On November Ballot

Christian activists in Arkansas have secured the required signatures to have a ban on gays adopting or fostering children put on the November ballot. The new law would also forbid straight unmarried couples from adopting. Secretary of State Charlie Daniels certified the proposed initiated act for the Nov. 4 ballot after verifying that the Arkansas Family Council Action Committee had …

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