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Gillibrand set to introduce adoption anti-discrimination bill
The Democratic junior U.S. senator from New York is set to introduce next week legislation that would bar adoption discrimination against LGBT parents. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) is set on Monday to introduce the legislation, known as the Every Child Deserves a Family Act, according to her office.
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Report: 2 millions kids ‘collateral damage’ of laws against LGBT people
A groundbreaking new report released Tuesday reveals that nearly two million children have become collateral damage of decades of ideology, laws and policies designed to hurt lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Americans.
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NOM makes tasteless reference to gay Congressman’s newborn son
There are times that the National Organization for Marriage is so anti-gay that it burns — such as the post on its blog regarding the birth of Congressman Jared Polis’s newborn son:
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Record number of gays, lesbians applying to become parents in South Florida
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A year ago this month, Florida’s Third District Court of Appeals in Miami-Dade, ruled a 33 year-old law that barred gays and lesbians from adopting children unenforceable and the state’s attorney general declined to challenge it.
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U.S. Congressman Jared Polis, partner announce birth of son
U.S. Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.) and his domestic partner Marlon Reis, on Friday announced the birth of their son, Caspian Julius. Polis becomes the first openly gay member of Congress to become a parent.
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New Android App purports to help parents wondering: ‘Is My Son Gay?’
There’s a new app available in the Android marketplace that’s likely to amuse some, and annoy others — “Is My Son Gay?” According to the apps developers, “After this test you’ll have the proven answer to a question you might have since maybe a long time.”
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Catholic Charities loses Illinois same-sex adoption lawsuit
An Illinois judge on Thursday reached a verdict in a lawsuit brought by Catholic Charities against the state regarding adoption services for same-sex couples in civil unions, and ruled that the state had the right to discontinue contracting with Catholic Charities.
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Deadbeat dad Congressman puts down same-sex households
Joe Walsh: Perhaps it would be a good idea to pay your damn child support before you start creating caste systems against loving families simply because they may contain parents of the same-sex.
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STL Today: ‘Would you allow your kids to play with the kids of gay couples?’
After posting a story regarding the census reports from the St. Louis area, finding that many gay and lesbian couples were raising children there, STLToday has posed the question: “Would you allow your kids to play with the kids of gay couples?”
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Michigan Supreme Court refuses to hear lesbian partner’s child custody case
The Michigan Supreme Court has declined to review a case that could have given gay, lesbian, and unmarried heterosexual couples legal standing to obtain joint custody of their children.