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ACLU Asks Court To Strike Down Arkansas Parenting Ban (12/30/2008)
LITTLE ROCK - The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit today seeking to strike down a new law that bans any unmarried person who lives with a partner from serving as an adoptive or foster parent in the state of Arkansas.

ACLU Urges Tennessee Appeals Court To Protect Rights Of Lesbian Mom (12/23/2008)
NASHVILLE – In a brief filed today, the American Civil Liberties Union is urging a Tennessee appeals court to remove a ban preventing a divorced mom from having her partner of nine years and her own children stay at her home at the same time. The trial court unconstitutionally imposed the so-called "paramour restriction" on the lesbian couple even though the psychologist who performed the custodial evaluation in the case found the partner to be a positive influence in the children's lives.

ACLU Seeks Immediate Florida Supreme Court Hearing For Gay Adoptive Dad And His Children (12/05/2008)

ACLU Seeks Immediate Florida Supreme Court Hearing For Gay Adoptive Dad And His Children (12/05/2008)

Florida Trial Court Opens Way For Lesbians And Gay Men To Adopt (11/25/2008)
MIAMI -- A Florida circuit court today struck down a Florida law that bars lesbians and gay men from adopting. The court granted adoptions to a gay man, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, who has been raising two foster children since 2004.

Too High a Price: The Case Against Restricting Gay Parenting (11/13/2006)

Cole v. Arkansas - Complaint (12/30/2008)
Plaintiffs's complaint challenging Arkansas Act 1, the ballot initiative which banned foster parenting and adoption by unmarried couples in Arkansas.

Chandler v. Barker - Appeals Brief (12/23/2008)

In re: Gill Trial Transcript (11/25/2008)
Transcript from the trial in our challenge to Florida's ban on adoption by gay parents.

In re: Gill - Trial Court Decision and Order (11/25/2008)
Order declaring Florida's anti-gay adoption ban unconstitutional and granting Martin Gill adoption of his two sons in the ACLU's challenge to the ban.

In re: Gill - Trial Court Decision and Order (11/25/2008)
Order declaring Florida's anti-gay adoption ban unconstitutional and granting Martin Gill adoption of his two sons in the ACLU's challenge to the ban.

Testimony of Jill G. Joseph, MD, PhD, at a Oversight Hearing on "Legal Threats to Traditional Marriage: Implications for Public Policy" before the Subcommittee on the Constitution of the House Judiciary Committee (04/22/2004)

Letter to the House on D.C. Appropriations Vote (07/29/1999)

Letter to the House on D.C. Appropriations Debate (07/27/1999)

Lesbian and Gay Rights During President Clinton's Second Term: A Working Paper Published by the Citizens' Commission on Civil Rights (01/15/1999)

In re: Gill - Summary of Scientific Evidence (11/25/2008)
Summary of expert testimony on the scientific evidence regarding gay parents and their children.

In re: Gill - About the Experts (11/25/2008)
Excerpts about the expert witnesses, from the proposed findings of fact in our challenge to Florida's anti-gay adoption law.

In re: Gill - About the Experts (11/25/2008)
Excerpts about the expert witnesses, from the proposed findings of fact in our challenge to Florida's anti-gay adoption law.

In re: Gill - Summary of Scientific Evidence (11/25/2008)
Summary of expert testimony on the scientific evidence regarding gay parents and their children.

Johnston v. MO Dept. of Social Services - Plaintiff Profile: Lisa Johnston (05/03/2005)

Cole v. Arkansas - Profiles of our Plaintiffs and their Families (12/30/2008)
Profiles of the plaintiffs in Cole v. Arkansas, the challenge to the recently passed ban of adoptions by unmarried couples.

Frequently Asked Questions About Arkansas Act 1 (12/05/2008)

Frequently Asked Questions About Arkansas Act 1 (12/05/2008)

In re: Gill - The Child Welfare Position (11/25/2008)
Position statements from child welfare organizations on gay parenting bans

In re: Gill - About the Plaintiffs (11/25/2008)

Cole v. Arkansas (12/30/2008)
Challenges Arkansas Act 1, a ballot initiative passed in 2008 making it illegal for unmarried people who cohabit with a partner to adopt or foster children.

Chandler v. Barker (12/23/2008)
An appeal of the imposition of a "paramour" restriction on the custody rights of a mother in a lesbian relationship in Tennessee.

In re Hadaway - Case Profile (05/02/2007)

Johnston v. MO Dept. of Social Services - Case Profile (05/03/2005)
The Missouri Department of Social Services turned down Lisa Johnston's application to become a foster parent because she's a lesbian.

Burch v. Smarr - Case Profile (03/01/2005)