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Globalizing Homophobia: A new life for discredited research
When Russian lawmaker Alexei Zhuravlyov introduced a bill that would allow the state to remove children from openly gay parents – classifying homosexuality along with drug abuse and child abuse as offenses that merit the loss of custody – gay rights activists noticed something interesting in the text of the bill…
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Groups weigh in on legal challenge to Mich. same-sex marriage ban
DETROIT — A major legal challenge to Michigan’s ban on same-sex marriage is attracting interest from conservative Christians, the Roman Catholic Church, law professors and civil libertarians as the state defends a 2004 constitutional amendment that defines marriage only as between a man and a woman.
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Mich. House committee advances bills allowing ‘moral’ adoption refusals
LANSING, Mich. — Legislators serving on the Michigan House Committee on Families, Children, and Seniors on Wednesday advanced three bills which would allow taxpayer funded adoption agencies the ability to deny an adoption placement based on that agency’s moral or religious beliefs.
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Mich. panel to hear more testimony on bills allowing ‘moral’ adoption refusals
LANSING, Mich. — A legislative committee is waiting to vote on legislation that would allow faith-based agencies in Michigan refuse to participate in adoptions that violate their beliefs.
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Bills will allow Mich. agencies to refuse adoptions on ‘moral’ grounds
LANSING, Mich. — Lawmakers could vote this week on bills letting faith-based agencies refuse to participate in adoptions that violate their beliefs, despite accusations that they would permit discrimination against gays and others.
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Northern Ireland’s health minister fights against gay couple adoption
BELFAST, Northern Ireland — Northern Ireland’s health minister is planning to take his fight against the extension of adoption rights to same-sex couples to the United Kingdom’s highest court.
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Lithuania Parliament to consider five anti-LGBT bills
VILNIUS, Lithuania — Five anti-LGBT bills are scheduled to be considered by Lithuania’s parliament before the end of the year.
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Mich. lawmakers postpone vote on bills allowing ‘moral’ disapproval of adoption
LANSING, Mich. – The Michigan House Committee on Families, Children, and Seniors adjourned Wednesday without voting on two bills currently before the committee which would allow adoption agencies the ability to deny an adoption placement based on that agency’s moral or religious beliefs.
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Religious groups protest Puerto Rico’s new gay rights, gender bills
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Religious groups gathered Wednesday in front of Puerto Rico’s seaside capitol to protest proposed laws that would allow same-sex couples to adopt children and would establish a public school curriculum examining gender issues including sexual discrimination.
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Putin signs bill sharply limiting adoption of Russian children by gays
MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin has signed a bill that sharply limits the adoption of Russian children by people from countries that allow same-sex marriage.