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Mississippi church a window into national gay rights debate
The Governor sits a few pews away from the lesbian couple who sued to overturn the state’s ban on adoption by same-sex parents.
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Mississippi ban on adoption by same-sex couples ruled unconstitutional
The judge ruled for the couples who had sued, saying the ban is unconstitutional after recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions legalizing gay marriage and benefits for gay couples.
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BREAKING: Supreme Court voids decision against gay adoption
The justices threw out a ruling by the Alabama Supreme Court in a dispute between two women whose long-term relationship ended bitterly.
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Italy Senate OKs civil unions, but LGBT groups angered over adoption snub
Gay and lesbian groups denounced the watered-down legislation as a betrayal because Renzi’s Democratic Party sacrificed a provision to allow same-sex adoption in order to ensure passage.
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Utah lawmakers postpone vote on bill to allow adoption by gay couples
Utah lawmakers postponed a vote on a proposal to ensure married gay couples are treated equally as married heterosexual couples in adoptions and foster care placements.
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Critics: Utah bill favoring heterosexual parents in adoptions is ‘unconstitutional’
Legislation that would require Utah judges to favor heterosexual couples over same-sex couples in adoptions or foster care placements is blatantly unconstitutional, say gay rights advocates.
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Thousands protest Italy’s plan to permit gay unions, adoptions
Massimo Gandolfini, organizer of Saturday’s “Family Day” protest, said “Italy is one of the few western countries that is still resisting this deviation.”
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Portugal’s president blocks laws on gay adoption
Anibal Cavaco Silva has vetoed bills recently passed by Parliament that granted full adoption rights to same-sex couples.
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Bill would toss adoption preference for heterosexual couples
The legislation introduced in both the Senate and House removes current language giving preferences to a husband and wife over others in adoptions.
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Arkansas court suspends part of birth certificate ruling
The Arkansas Supreme Court has suspended a judge’s decision striking down part of the state’s birth certificate law,