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Adoptee: Finding Birth Family Gave Me Sense Of Belonging

HuffPost Live | Posted 02.26.2013 | HuffPost Live 321
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For many adopted children, learning who their birth parents are can be a controversial subject. Some don't want to know, while others better understan...

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Adoptive Mother Wins Full Custody Over Birth Mom In Landmark Same-Sex Ruling

Posted 10.01.2012 | Gay Voices
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In what is believed to be the state's first such ruling for a same-sex couple, a New York judge has awarded full custody of a child to her adopted mot...

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Illinois Catholic Charities Ends Adoption Lawsuit

Waymon Hudson | Posted 01.15.2012 | Gay Voices
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Waymon Hudson

While the end of Catholic Charities' adoption contract lawsuit is a victory for the equal application of the law and state services, the fight over civil rights and equality between LGBT Americans and powerful religious organizations is far from over.

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With So Many Kids Who Need Families, Why Are We Rejecting Parents?

Adam Pertman | Posted 11.15.2011 | Parents
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All a state can accomplish if it imposes restrictions on adoption by lesbians and gay men is to decrease the odds that children in its custody will ever receive the benefits of living in permanent, successful families.

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Judge Halts Illinois From Ending Catholic Charities Adoption Contracts Over Civil Unions

Waymon Hudson | Posted 09.12.2011 | Politics
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Illinois has decided to end its involvement and financial contracts for Catholic Charities' adoption and foster services in the wake of the religious organization's refusal to follow the state's new civil unions law and existing anti-discrimination policies.

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Catholic Charities Sues For Right To Discriminate

Waymon Hudson | Posted 08.12.2011 | Religion
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Waymon Hudson

Although they are providing a state-funded service in the public sphere, they are looking to be able to pick and choose who they provide that service to based on their religious dogma, not state law.

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Catholic Church Chooses Discrimination Over Charity In Illinois

Waymon Hudson | Posted 08.01.2011 | Religion
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The church certainly has the right as a private institution to believe what they want and to act accordingly. However, they simply do not have the right to bring that discrimination into the public sphere.

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Florida Overturns Gay Adoption Ban

AP | CURT ANDERSON and KELLI KENNEDY | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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MIAMI — Florida will immediately stop enforcing its ban on adoptions by gay people following a decision by a state appeals court that the three-...

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Uruguay Clears Way For Gay Adoptions

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
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MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — Uruguay is clearing the way for homosexual couples to adopt children. The Senate's final approval Wednesday makes Uruguay...

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Womb For Rent: The Curious Lives Of Surrogates

Newsweek | Lorraine Ali and Raina Kelley | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
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But what kind of woman would carry a child to term, only to hand him over moments after birth? Surrogates challenge our most basic ideas about motherh...

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