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Va. Senate panel rejects second parent adoptions for unmarried, same-sex couples
A proposal to allow adoption by the partners of unmarried same-sex parents was rejected Friday by a Virginia Senate committee.
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Lifting Florida’s gay marriage ban allows lesbian couple to be parents
The lifting of a same-sex marriage ban in Florida is giving a Palm Beach County infant the right to call both women in a lesbian couple her parents.
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Austria court lifts adoption restrictions for same-sex couples
Prior to the decision Wednesday, same-sex partners could adopt a child only if one of them was the child’s biological parent.
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Same-sex couple’s adoption in Oklahoma believed to be among state’s first
An adoption decree granted to a married lesbian couple in Okmulgee County is believed to be among the first same-sex adoptions in Oklahoma, the women’s attorney says.
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Texas lawmakers introduce joint adoption bills for LGBT parents
Rep. Rafael Anchia (D-Dallas) and Sen. Sylvia Garcia (D-Houston) filed companion bills Wednesday to amend the Texas Health and Safety Code.
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Uganda lawmaker: Foreigners adopting kids ‘to train them on gay practices’
The Speaker of Uganda’s Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, is warning clergy members that gay foreigners were adopting Ugandan children “to train them on gay practices.”
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Detroit nurses challenging Michigan gay marriage ban adopt 4th child
HAZEL PARK, Mich. — Two Detroit-area nurses who are challenging Michigan’s ban on gay marriage are raising a fourth adopted child. The adoption of 2-year-old Rylee DeBoer-Rowse became final in Oakland County on Tuesday, a day when adoptions were publicly celebrated across Michigan.
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Utah Supreme Court lifts hold on adoptions by same-sex couples
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Supreme Court is lifting its hold on adoptions by same-sex couples. The high court halted all such adoptions in May as the state appealed a federal ruling striking down Utah’s ban on same-sex marriage.
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Virginia governor Terry McAuliffe officiates at lesbian couple’s wedding
RICHMOND, Va. — Gov. Terry McAuliffe has become the first Virginia governor to preside over a same-sex wedding ceremony. McAuliffe officiated Friday at the wedding of a lesbian couple, Renee Bradley and Katherine Bradley-Black of Northern Virginia, and said he feels honored to be part of the “important occasion.”
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Virginia governor says married, same-sex couples can now adopt
RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe is sending notice to local social services divisions that married gay couples can now adopt children.