News & Commentary about LGBTQ Parenting
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May 30, 2019
Trump’s Anti-LGBTQ Agenda Will Keep Foster Children From Having a Loving Home
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Jan 25, 2019
Trump Administration Puts Religious Beliefs Over the Best Interests of Children
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Nov 5, 2018
A Tax-Funded Child Welfare Agency in Philadelphia Wants to Turn Away Same-Sex Couples Like Us
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Nov 2, 2018
Catholic Social Services Wants a License to Discriminate Against LGBTQ Foster Families
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Jul 18, 2018
Is There a Religious Right to Discriminate Against LGBT Foster and Adoptive Parents? A Federal Court Says No.
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May 4, 2018
Children in Oklahoma and Kansas Need Love and Stability — Not Discrimination Against Good Families
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Sep 21, 2017
I Went Through the Michigan Foster Care System. The State Needs to Make It Easier for Kids to Find Good Homes, Not Harder.
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Sep 20, 2017
Same-Sex Couples Are Being Turned Away From Becoming Foster and Adoptive Parents in Michigan. So We’re Suing.
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Jun 11, 2015
Two Stains on Our Nation as Anti-LGBT Bills Pass in Michigan and North Carolina