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California Assembly approves bill that would allow ‘third parent’ rights
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California state Assembly on Monday voted in favor of a bill that would allow judges to recognize that children could have more than two parents.
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Is it ever okay to call someone a ‘Pansy?’
“What are you? A bunch of pansies?” I heard his words, echoing across the grass, and felt like I’d been punched in the gut. All those taunts through the years stay with you, even if you’ve risen above them. I immediately walked over, called my son off the field, and told the coach we were done. We were going to switch teams. And he let us go…
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Bryan Fischer advocates for ‘underground railroad’ to kidnap kids from same-sex parents
TUPELO, Miss. — More anti-gay rhetoric on Wednesday from American Family Association spokesman Bryan Fischer, who took to Twitter to advocate for an underground railroad to “deliver innocent children from same-sex households.”
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Gay parenting: After the Regnerus debacle, where are the apologies?
Now that an internal audit at Social Science Research has confirmed that the Mark Regnerus “gay parenting” study was indeed so badly flawed it never should have survived peer review, it’s safe to say that we can move past examining the specifics of how it went wrong, and start looking at the deeper question of why so many in the media and the right wing readily accepted its conclusions with little critical scrutiny while dismissing the valid concerns raised by others.
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Study: Children with gay parents denied equal protections
Discriminatory parenting laws in more than 30 states means it is likely that children being raised in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) families will be legal strangers to at least one of their parents, according to a new report released Tuesday.
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Fischer: Gay biological parents should be denied custody, only allowed supervised visits
Bryan Fischer, discussing the study produced by professor Mark Regnerus purporting to show that children of same-sex parents fare worse than children of heterosexual parents and the news that the University of Texas would be conducting an investigation into his study, sees the latter as proof that “the homosexual lobby is vicious, they are venomous, [and] they are filled with hatred.”
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University of Texas investigates associate professor’s study on children with gay parents
AUSTIN, Texas — The University of Texas-Austin announced it is investigating a gay parenting study published last month that touched off a firestorm of criticism by LGBT advocacy groups, and a formal complaint by New York-based freelance writer Scott Rosensweig.
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The Catholic Church has no place attacking same-sex parenting
With all due respect because I am not attempting to disrespect anyone of the Catholic faith, if we compared the two entities, just who has less credibility when it the harming of children: An entity pushing a bad study while it’s not covering up the activities of priests exploiting children as sex objects, – or – same-sex couples, many who open their homes to children who need love and support?
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A priceless gift: Loving our Mormon LGBT children
I was one of the lucky ones. When I came out to my mom at the age of 22 (in a moving car no less), her first reaction to my stammered, “I’m gay mom,” was to reach out, hold my hand and say, “honey, the only thing that matters to me, is that you are happy.” Everything that happened since, and everything that I now am, can be traced to that moment…
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Study: Gay dads may pose less risk for HIV
SAN FRANCISCO — A new study conducted by San Francisco State University human sexuality researchers focusing on the lifestyle changes that gay male parents experience suggests that as gay male couples become fathers their risk for contracting HIV is reduced.