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Jennifer Bendery

Zach Wahls, Iowa Activist With Two Moms, Lobbies Congress To Support Families Like His

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 05.18.2012

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WASHINGTON -- You may not recognize him by name, but Zach Wahls is known by millions as the teenager who gave powerful testimony to an Iowa House comm...

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WATCH: Zach Wahls Joins National Gay Parenting Initiative

Posted 04.06.2012

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The Iowa student whose impassioned pro-gay marriage speech to Iowa legislators became the most-watched political clip of 2011 on YouTube after going v...

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Celebrating 30 Years Together

Jennifer Chrisler | Posted 03.13.2012

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Jennifer Chrisler

Celebrate. Commit. Connect. Those are the new year's resolutions for the Family Equality Council, and I hope they will be yours in 2012. This year, ...

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Does the Religious Right Really Care about Children?

Nathaniel Frank | Posted 12.28.2011

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Nathaniel Frank

In anointing themselves the champions of "family values" and protectors of vulnerable children, religious conservatives have had little to say when confronted with the undeniable existence of actual gay families -- particularly kids with LGBT parents.

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New Report Details Inequities For Children Of Gay Parents

AP | By DAVID CRARY | Posted 12.25.2011

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-- According to her dads, life is good for Carrigan Starling-Littlefield, a spunky 5-year-old being raised by two gay men in South Carolina, which do...

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One Million LGBT Parents Raising Two Million Kids: What's the Problem?

Jennifer Chrisler | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jennifer Chrisler

The Every Child Deserves a Family Act would require states to look at the interest of children when making placement decisions, not the sexual orientation of prospective parents.

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Kids Caught in Middle of Catholic School Politics

Jennifer Chrisler | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jennifer Chrisler

Whatever you think about gay parenting, a school's political views should never be taken out on our kids.

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Rolling with the Changes: Egg Roll Redux

Alisa Surkis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Alisa Surkis

People complain that the White House Egg Roll invitation extended to the gay and lesbian families is just a symbolic gesture, but symbols are powerful.

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