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In his own words: Mitt Romney’s bias against same-sex parents
In a recently uncovered campaign video from 2005, Mitt Romney — who publicly said he opposed child-rearing by gay and lesbian couples — told an audience in South Carolina that gay parenting is “not right on paper,” and “not right in fact.”
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Report: Romney rejected birth certificates for gay parents; ordered invasive legal reviews
BOSTON — In 2003, while Governor of Massachusetts, GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney, who publicly said he opposed child-rearing by gay and lesbian couples, insisted that his top legal staff individually review the circumstances of every birth to same-sex parents.
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Study: No difference in development of foster kids adopted by gay or straight parents
High-risk children adopted from foster care by gay parents fare equally in their cognitive and emotional development as those adopted by heterosexual parents, according to a new UCLA study published in the October issue of the American Journal of Orthopsychiatry.
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Appeals court denies lesbian spouse parental adoption rights
MOBILE, Ala. — The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals has denied a lesbian the right to adopt her partner’s 6-year-old son, because the the state does not permit or recognize same-sex marriages or civil unions.
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What Rupert Everett says he really meant about gay parents
British actor Rupert Everett, who stunned the LGBT community two weeks ago when he told London’s Sunday Times that he could not “think of anything worse” for children than being raised by two gay fathers, has more to say on that subject, and same-sex marriage, as he peddles his new memoir, “Vanished Years.”
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Brown signs bill ensuring equal access to fertility services for same-sex couples
SAN FRANCISCO — California Governor Jerry Brown (D) on Friday signed a bill to ensure that women in same-sex relationships and single women can access fertility services on the same terms as women in opposite-sex relationships.
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Harry Jackson cites dubious studies to claim gay parents harm children
Trying to boost his campaign to generate a voter rebellion against Democrats over the issue of marriage equality, Harry Jackson wrote in his column today that legalizing same-sex marriage would harm children.
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Gay actor Rupert Everett: Nothing worse ‘than being brought up by two gay dads’
In a new interview, openly gay British actor Rupert Everett stunned the LGBT community by telling London’s Sunday Times that he “can’t think of anything worse” for children than being raised by two gay fathers.
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Zach Wahls, son of lesbian parents, addresses Democratic Convention
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Zach Wahls, a 21-year-old gay rights activist raised by lesbian parents, addressed the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C. on Thursday evening, and praised President Barack Obama for endorsing same-sex marriage, while criticizing GOP Mitt Romney for opposing it.
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University of Texas panel: No scientific misconduct in anti-gay parenting study
AUSTIN, Texas — A University of Texas advisory panel consisting of four senior faculty members has concluded that the author of an anti-gay parenting study had not published nor committed falsification of data, plagiarism or other ethical breaches constituting scientific misconduct.