http://www.mombian.com/2006/02/21/bans-on-same-sex-adoption/ Sustenance for Lesbian Moms Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:39:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.mombian.com/2006/02/21/bans-on-same-sex-adoption/comment-page-1/#comment-94 Mombian: Sustenance for Lesbian Moms » Blog Archive » Loving Families Boost Children’s Intelligence Thu, 09 Mar 2006 22:12:00 +0000 http://mombian.com/2006/02/21/bans-on-same-sex-adoption/#comment-94 [...] Here’s the kicker: 16 states have now taken action to pass laws or create November ballot initiatives to ban adoptions by same-sex couples. Yet same-sex couples are raising between 6 and 10 million children in 96% of the counties across the U. S., and that’s probably an undercount. [...] [...] Here’s the kicker: 16 states have now taken action to pass laws or create November ballot initiatives to ban adoptions by same-sex couples. Yet same-sex couples are raising between 6 and 10 million children in 96% of the counties across the U. S., and that’s probably an undercount. [...]

]]> http://www.mombian.com/2006/02/21/bans-on-same-sex-adoption/comment-page-1/#comment-59 Mombian: Sustenance for Lesbian Moms » Blog Archive » Should We Forbid Children to All But Married Couples? Wed, 22 Feb 2006 03:42:02 +0000 http://mombian.com/2006/02/21/bans-on-same-sex-adoption/#comment-59 [...] It’s a nice short piece highlighting the ridiculousness of the Family Institute’s arguments, but also raises the spectre (as I’ve mentioned before) of what could happen to both straight and LGBT couples and families if such groups get their way. It’s not just a “gay issue.” It’s an issue of who defines your family, you or the state, as represented by an ultra-conservative constituency. Talk to your straight friends and relatives. Make them understand. Ask them to vote. by D | posted in Politics, Family Creation [...] [...] It’s a nice short piece highlighting the ridiculousness of the Family Institute’s arguments, but also raises the spectre (as I’ve mentioned before) of what could happen to both straight and LGBT couples and families if such groups get their way. It’s not just a “gay issue.” It’s an issue of who defines your family, you or the state, as represented by an ultra-conservative constituency. Talk to your straight friends and relatives. Make them understand. Ask them to vote. by D | posted in Politics, Family Creation [...]

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