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Adoptions spiked among gay couples in past decade
From The Wall Street Journal: The number of gays and lesbians adopting children has nearly tripled in the past decade despite discriminatory rules in many states, according to an analysis of recent population trends. “It’s a stratospheric increase. It’s like going from zero to 60,” said Miami attorney Elizabeth Schwartz who has coordinated more than [...]
New York: Gay marriage raises prospect of adoption boom
From The Associated Press (via Google News): First comes love, then comes marriage. Now adoption lawyers and agencies in New York say they’re getting ready for a baby boom as same-sex couples emboldened by the state’s new gay marriage law take the next step and try to adopt children. New York will allow same-sex marriages [...]
Adoptions by gay couples rise, despite barriers
From The New York Times: Growing numbers of gay couples across the country are adopting, according to census data, despite an uneven legal landscape that can leave their children without the rights and protections extended to children of heterosexual parents. Same-sex couples are explicitly prohibited from adopting in only two states — Utah and Mississippi [...]
Illinois probing Catholic groups for adoption discrimination
From Rueters: The state of Illinois is looking into allegations that several Catholic groups providing adoption services for the state illegally discriminate against unmarried and gay couples, a lawsuit filed on Tuesday showed. In a March 8 letter to the charitable arm of the Diocese of Springfield, the Illinois attorney general’s office said it was [...]
Illinois: Catholic Charities of Rockford ends foster care, adoption services
From The Chicago Tribune: Catholic Charities of Rockford announced Thursday that the agency will halt its state-funded foster care and adoption services Wednesday — the day civil unions take effect in Illinois. The decision is the first of what could become a domino effect of Catholic Charities leaving the foster care and adoption business to [...]
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