Delaware and Minnesota hit the gay marriage headlines this week, but there’s also been important movement elsewhere. In Nevada, a House committee heard testimony in the long process to repeal of the constitutional ban. (The Senate has already approved a bill…
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“Invisible Parents” (Video)
Catholic Adoption Agency Refused Right to Discriminate
In a welcome ruling, a Catholic adoption agency that hoped to overturn a Charities Commission that it was not permitted to discriminate against same – sex couples as potential parents, has lost its appeal. The lesson is clear – in…
The Conservative, Catholic Case for Gay Adoption
Catholic bishops regularly reminded us that in matters of adoption, what matters most is the “best interests of the child”, and not principles of equality or rights of the adoptive parents. I agree completely. The tragedy is that too often,…
Penguin (Gay) Parenting: Lessons for Gay Adoption
A few months ago, the Toronto Zoo was in the news, taking flack for a decision to separate two male penguins who had formed a pair bond. In China, the authorities at a zoo in northern China have taken the…
Illinois judge rules against Catholics on foster care Illinois can sever ties to Catholic charities that provide foster and adoption services for the state if the groups discriminate against unmarried and gay couples when placing children, a judge ruled on…
Queer Families: Listen to the Children, Revisited.
In the heated debates around gay adoption, we often hear that it’s about the best interests of the children, not gay rights – but it’s the opponents of adoption who studiously avoid the evidence on what those best interests are,…
More Polling Evidence that Support for Gay Marriage, Adoption is Growing
By now, we should be used to the mountain of evidence that support for queer equality, including same – sex marriage and adoption by gay men and lesbians, is growing – but this is Virginia, where the latest survey shows…
Queer Families, Arizona: Papa, Daddy, and 12 happy kids
Where does one start, to do justice to this story (“2 gay dads, 12 happy kids“)? It completely destroys all the usual arguments against gay adoption, by simply providing a powerful counterexample to the key assumption in the argument against:…
Arkansas Court Confirms: Gay Adoption Strengthens Families.
In another courtroom victory for queer families, the Arkansas Supreme Court has struck down a state law which prevents unmarried couples from adopting children. Although the legislation does not differentiate between same sex and opposite sex couples, the effect (and…
