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Gill took two half-brothers into his North Miami home after a child abuse investigator asked for his help. While the arrangement was supposed to be temporary, the state was unable to place the children elsewhere and Gil became their de facto guardian. When Gill petitioned to adopt the children, the state, which has one of the strictest anti-gay adoption laws of the country, hauled Mr. Gill to court. |
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» Florida Judge to Rule on Gay Adoption Case Today
The case of 47-year-old Miami resident Martin Gill, who seeks to adopt the two foster children he's been caring for, is expected to come to a conclusion today as a decision is made. The state of Florida fought Gill's petition for adoption and the state has one of the strictest gay adoption bans in the nation. [AP] |
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Expand Hate Crimes Legislation In a separate section of the site, Obama offers support for the Matthew Shepard Act, which would significantly expand the 1969 Hate Crime law, give $10 million to law enforcement to investigate hate crimes and direct the FBI to track crimes made against LGBT people. The bill passed the House and the Senate in 2007 and was attatched to a defense spending bill as an ammendment. When Bush threatened a veto, the bill was dropped. The bill has widespread support in Congress and at the state-level, so with Obama's support, this bill will most likely pass. CONTINUED » |
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The Buckeye State's Republican party recently sent out this flier declaring that Democratic candidate Ray Pryor, a Democratic candidate for the Ohio House, supports gay adoption. Such a stance, of course, is baaaad. |
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Rather than sitting down with the Washington Blade, McCain responded in writing to questions penned by publisher William Kapfer, which explains how McCain could so readily recall his words at the funeral of Mark Bingham, a gay man who helped thwart the Flight 95 attack on September 11th. |
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Though it was technically Barbara Maniaci who had adopted the tots - a boy and a girl - McLean says that Maniaci's ex-girlfriend Michelle Kulstad deserves a say in their rearing: "To discriminate further against Ms. Kulstad because of her sexual preference in this day and age is no different than telling a person to go to the back of the bus because of her skin color," McLean wrote. Maniaci, who is now married, was represented by Austin R. Nimocks, a legal counsel for the anti-gay Alliance Defense Fund. How far they fall! |
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A non-partisan study says otherwise and reached a "universal professional consensus" that same-sex couples should universally be included in the adoption pool. And the decision is motivated as much by children's needs as by economic reasoning: "The pool of potential adoptive parents must be expanded to keep pace with the growing number of kids in foster care who are legally free for adoption," stated the report by the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute, which is based in New York. And this nation cannot afford any extra costs. |
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Both the Left Party and the Green Party agree that the current hetero-centric marriage law's wording violates the constitution, hoping to change the definition to "a solemnly formalized meeting of wills between two people who intend to build a family in full communion of life." The Green Party's willing to allow gay people to "build a family," but, for some reason, draws the line at adoption… |
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Fail In Balancing Budget
After receiving an extension on their bid to ban gay adoption, the Family Council Action Committee announced this week that they've gathered 24,000 new signatures, putting them well over the 61,794 quota, which they missed by 4,000 last month. While that's good news for them, there's some trouble brewing in their bank account: the Committee raised $9,000 last month, bringing their total to almost $55,000. Too bad they've spent over $57,000. And these are the people who think they know about responsible parenting… |
» Baby Debate.
"The Czech minister for human rights and ethnic minorities has called for a debate on whether the gay partner of a parent should be allowed to adopt his or her child… A RCA poll showed 42% of the country were against gay adoption, while 39% supported it." [Pink News] |
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McCain could have been clearer in the interview in stating that his position on gay adoption is that it is a state issue, just as he made it clear in the interview that marriage is a state issue. He was not endorsing any federal legislation. Well, that's good to know. |
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India's Manvendra Singh Gohil will reportedly adopt a child. He won't have any common child, though - he'll adopt from within his extended family. |
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"We will defend ourselves because it’s unthinkable that homosexuals would adopt children."
Via UK Gay News: If a similar judgment dealt with Poland we would still not agree to adoption by homosexuals”, said deputy speaker of the Polish Parliament, Stefan Niesiolowski, a member of the ruling Citizen’s Platform (PO). It's unthinkable that Poland considers it's above EU mandates! Aren't there laws against that? If not, there should be! |
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Will GOP Learn An Evolutionary Lesson?
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