Tag Archives: gay adoption

Two Gay Dads, Twelve Adopted Kids

Go read this amazing story from the Arizona Republic.

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Frothy Mix: Gay People Don’t Deserve The Privilege Of Adoption

Via Wonk Room, more assholery from Frothy Mix: A lesbian woman came up to me and said, ‘why are you denying me my right?’ I said, ‘well, because it’s not a right.’ It’s a privilege that society recognizes because society sees intrinsic value to that relationship over any other relationship.

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BRITAIN: Court Rejects Catholic Bid For Exemption From Gay Adoption Laws

A British appeals tribunal has rejected the demand of the Catholic Church that they be exempted from laws banning discrimination against gay adoptive parents. As we’ve seen happen in several U.S. cities, church adoption officials say they’d rather close their doors and let children go without families than abide by the law. Leeds-based Catholic Care have said they will have …

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Tony Perkins Defends Arizona’s New Anti-Gay Adoption Regulations

But the good guy in Fox’s debate does quite well.

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VIRGINIA: State Board Votes 7-2 Against Allowing Gay Couples To Adopt

Following the advice of anti-gay Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, a state board has voted 7-2 against allowing gay couples to adopt. The State Board of Social Services has voted overwhelmingly against new adoption rules that some say would allow same-sex couples to adopt in the state for the first time. In a 7-2 vote Wednesday afternoon, the board opted …

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ARIZONA: Jan Brewer Vetoes Birther Bill, Approves Bill Restricting Gay Adoption

Today Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer drew the ire of fellow teabaggers when she vetoed a bill requiring presidential candidates to submit a birth certificate in order to be placed on the state ballot. Brewer said in her veto letter that she was troubled that the bill empowered Arizona’s secretary of state to judge the qualifications of all candidates when they …

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Liberty Counsel Celebrates Court Ruling Against Gay Adoptive Parents

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VIRGINIA: Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli To Block Gay Adoption Regulation

Virginia Attorney General Ken Cucinelli has announced that he will block a proposed regulation banning religious discrimination against adoptive gay parents. Cuccinelli’s office said in a memo dated Tuesday that the proposal to be considered by the State Board of Social Services as early as next week “does not comport with applicable state law and public policy.” “Therefore the State …

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LOUISIANA: Federal Appeals Court Denies Gay Dads On Birth Certificate Request

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has refused to allow two gay dads to have their names placed on the Louisiana birth certificate of their adopted son. That right is automatically granted to married couples, but Louisiana does not allow unmarried couples to adopt and does not allow gay people to marry. Chief Judge Edith Jones wrote for a nine-member …

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ILLINOIS: GOP Sneaks Anti-Gay Adoption Provision Into Bill For The Blind

Illinois Republicans have quietly added an anti-gay adoption amendment into a bill to assist the blind. Windy City Times reports: An amendment to a proposed bill in the Illinois Senate states that “a child welfare agency that is religiously based or owned by, operated by, or affiliated with a bona fide religious organization may decline an adoption or foster family …

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Quote Of The Day – Jerry Cox

“What this ruling does is it puts the rights of adults and their preferences ahead of what’s best for children, and that’s a sad thing and a bad day for the foster and adoptive children of Arkansas. The court simply ignored the will of the people, took matters into their own hands and looked at the people and said, ‘What …

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ARKANSAS: State Supreme Court Blocks Move To Ban Gay Adoption

Something to brighten your day: The Arkansas Supreme Court has upheld a decision to strike down a state law barring gay couples and other unmarried people living together from serving as adoptive or foster parents. The state’s high court wrote in an opinion Thursday that the law burdens the privacy of unmarried couples who live together. A state judge struck …

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PhoboQuotable – VA Gov. Bob McDonnell

“I don’t think we ought to force Catholic Charities to make that part of their policy or other similar situated groups. Many of our adoption agencies are faith-based groups that ought to be able to establish what their own policies are. Current regulations that say you can’t discriminate on the basis of race, color or national origin I think are …

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Mandatory Gay Adoption!

Today NOM warns its followers that a proposed regulation in Virginia would lead to mandatory gay adoption. What the rule change actually does, of course, is ban discrimination against prospective gay parents. The Virginia Department of Social Services (VDSS) has proposed new regulations to require state licensed adoption agencies in Virginia, including private church-run adoption agencies, to not refuse to …

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Illinois Haters: What About The Adoption Rights Of All Those Incestuous Couples?

The Illinois Family Institute, an SPLC-certified hate group and the former home of Peter LaBarbera, has issued an alert that “radical homosexual activists” are planning to destroy all of Illinois’ religious institutions now that civil unions have become law. Because Christian adoption agencies will now supposedly be forced to serve gay couples or go out of business. IFI spokesloon Laurie …

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FLORIDA: House GOP Speaker Seeks To Enforce Gay Adoption Ban

Even though district courts have overturned Florida’s ban on gay adoption, state House GOP Speaker Dean Cannon wants Gov. Rick Scott to enforce the ban still on the state books. Cannon said the Legislature may reassert its position affirming the prohibition if that becomes necessary, but is awaiting word whether the Scott administration will continue to enforce the ban. “The …

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FLORIDA: Gov. Rick Scott Appoints “Christians Only” Activist To Head State Agency On Adoptions

Florida Gov. Rick “Medicare Fraud” Scott has appointed Christian activist David Wilkins to head the state Department of Children and Families, which is in charge of adoptions. Wilkins is the former head of a Baptist adoption agency which states that only “professed Christians” are eligible for consideration as parents. Gay rights groups are concerned that Scott’s move signals an intent …

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HomoQuotable – Andrew Pierce

“I can’t help feeling that his decision to become a father is another grotesque act of selfishness from Sir Elton, and that the child is a little Christmas bauble he and his partner have awarded themselves. How telling it is that he was born on Christmas Day. [snip] He [Sir Elton] is also an aging, pampered, self-indulgent millionaire — look …

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NORTH CAROLINA: State Supreme Court Rules Against Second-Parent Gay Adoption

In what may be a precedent setting move, North Carolina’s state Supreme Court has voided a second-parent adoption case in which an openly lesbian state legislator had adopted the biological son of her former partner. The case arose at the request of the biological mother, who no longer wants her former partner to have parental rights. The ruling eliminates a …

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Israel To Allow Second-Parent Adoption

A ruling by a Jerusalem court has cleared the way for Israeli gay couples to adopt each others’ children. “This is a big step for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community in Israel,” commented lawyer Irit Rosenblum, executive director of New Family, an organization that champions the rights of Israelis to marry and build families outside the traditional system. …

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