200 community leaders and institutions urge government to end discrimination against gay partners who want to adopt children By JTA Thousands protest … [Read more...] about U.S. Jews Urge Israel to Provide Equal Adoption Rights for Same-Sex Couples
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GA GOP House Candidate Karen Handel to Mom of Lesbian: ‘My Faith Calls Me’ to Oppose Your Gay Kid – WATCH
Karen Handel, the GOP candidate in Georgia's special election, was approached by the conservative mother of a lesbian who wanted to know where Handel … [Read more...] about GA GOP House Candidate Karen Handel to Mom of Lesbian: ‘My Faith Calls Me’ to Oppose Your Gay Kid – WATCH
Religious-Refusal of Gay Foster Parents Now Allowed Under Texas Law
AUSTIN, Texas — A bill that would allow faith-based adoption and foster care agencies to decline to place children with gay, lesbian and transgender … [Read more...] about Religious-Refusal of Gay Foster Parents Now Allowed Under Texas Law
Ellen Helps Incredible Gay Foster Parents Launch Their Dream to Give Homeless Kids Dignity: WATCH
Rob and Reece are a gay married couple who took in and adopted four special needs foster children and started a foundation so that foster kids around … [Read more...] about Ellen Helps Incredible Gay Foster Parents Launch Their Dream to Give Homeless Kids Dignity: WATCH
Texas House Passes Bill Legalizing Discrimination Against Prospective LGBTQ Adoptive Parents
The Texas House on Tuesday passed HB 3829, which legalizes discrimination against prospective LGBTQ adoptive parents and foster caregivers. The bill … [Read more...] about Texas House Passes Bill Legalizing Discrimination Against Prospective LGBTQ Adoptive Parents
Anti-Gay Texas Adoption Bill Would Also Ban Jewish, Muslim and Interfaith Couples
Texas lawmakers are to debate a bill that would allow faith-based adoption agencies to reject applications from gay, Jewish, Muslim and interfaith … [Read more...] about Anti-Gay Texas Adoption Bill Would Also Ban Jewish, Muslim and Interfaith Couples
Alabama Enacts Hateful Anti-LGBT Adoption Law
Republican Governor Kay Ivey of Alabama has signed HB24 into law, the Orwellian-named Alabama Child Placing Agency Inclusion Act, which would shield … [Read more...] about Alabama Enacts Hateful Anti-LGBT Adoption Law
KY Judge Won’t Hear Gay Adoption Cases: ‘A Practicing Homosexual’ Should ‘Under No Circumstance’ Adopt a Child
Is it Kim Davis all over again? A Kentucky judge has preemptively recused himself from any adoption cases involving gay parents because, according … [Read more...] about KY Judge Won’t Hear Gay Adoption Cases: ‘A Practicing Homosexual’ Should ‘Under No Circumstance’ Adopt a Child
Osaka is First City in Japan to Recognize Gay Couple as Foster Parents
Two men in Osaka, Japan have become the nation's first gay couple certified as foster parents, according to the Japan Times. The city government … [Read more...] about Osaka is First City in Japan to Recognize Gay Couple as Foster Parents
Georgia GOP Lawmakers Add Anti-LGBT Provision to Adoption Bill in Sneak Attack
George GOP lawmakers made a sneak attack on LGBT people on Thursday, adding a discriminatory provision to an adoption bill pending in the state … [Read more...] about Georgia GOP Lawmakers Add Anti-LGBT Provision to Adoption Bill in Sneak Attack