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Neil Patrick Harris, David Burtka survive awkward questions from Oprah (Video)
Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka sat down with Oprah Winfrey last night on OWN’s Next Chapter series, and opened up about what life has been like since they had twins Gideon and Harper.
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LGBT advocate Zach Wahls presents at GLAAD Media Awards
NEW YORK — Writer and LGBT advocate Zach Wahls, the University of Iowa student who last year testified in a before the Iowa House of Representatives about the strength of his family and being raised by lesbian parents, took the stage Saturday night at the GLAAD Media Awards in New York.
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Virginia Senate passes adoption bill that would allow disapproval of gays
RICHMOND, Va. — The Virginia Senate voted 22-18 on Thursday to approve a bill that would allow private adoption and foster care agencies to deny placement of children based on religious or moral beliefs, including disapproval of homosexuality.
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Lambda Legal sues Iowa for erasing lesbian mother’s name from baby’s death certificate
Lambda Legal on Wednesday filed suit against the Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) on behalf of a married lesbian couple from Iowa who are seeking an accurate death certificate for their stillborn baby, Brayden.
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Study: Teens raised by lesbian couples do not differ from those raised by heterosexuals
AMSTERDAM — The quality of life of 17-year-olds reared in lesbian-parent families did not differ from that of a matched group of adolescents who grew up in heterosexual-parent families, according to a new study published in the Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics.
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NH GOP debate: Gingrich says media has anti-Christian bias on marriage
Republican presidential candidates stood firm in their opposition to same-sex marriage during a debate Saturday night as Newt Gingrich rebuked the media for what he said was asking the wrong question on the issue. The former U.S. House speaker said he wanted to “raise a point about the news media bias” and accused the media […]
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Iowa judge orders new birth certificate with married lesbian parent’s names
DES MOINES — A Polk County, Iowa judge on Wednesday ruled that the Iowa Department of Public Health must issue a new birth certificate in the names of a lesbian couple who are the parents of a now 2-year-old girl.
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Catholic Archbishop in Columbia claims gay adoptive dad will want sex with his kids
BOGOTA, Columbia — A Catholic Archbishop on Tuesday strongly criticized a family court judge’s decision to allow Chandler Burr — a former contributing editor to U.S. News and World Report and columnist for The New York Times — to adopt two Colombian boys, suggesting that because Burr is gay, he may become sexually attracted to his children.
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NOM: Seriously, Gay parents molest their own children
On Thursday, the National Organization for Marriage’s (NOM) Ruth Institute was endorsing a book that claimed, among other things, that gay parents are more likely to molest their own children than heterosexual parents. Now, NOM appears to be doubling down on that claim – and this time on its main blog.
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IL Catholic Charities drops lawsuit, will abandon child care to avoid serving LGBT parents
Three Roman Catholic dioceses have dropped their lawsuit against the state of Illinois, agreeing to transfer more than 1,000 foster care children and staff to other agencies in their regions to avoid placing children in the homes of gay and lesbian parents.