Big Blue Wave blog – November 28, 2010
An adoption conundrum
Maria Stops Abortion says that the teens she has talked to will not consider placing their babies up for adoption if there is a chance that a gay couple might adopt them.
August 19, 2010
UK: Adoption charity can’t ban gay couples
LONDON (AP) — A Catholic adoption advisory service that refuses to help gay couples cannot win an exemption from anti-discrimination laws, Britain’s charity regulator said Thursday. Catholic Care, a charity in Leeds, northern England, had argued that as a religious group it should be allowed to offer adoption-support services only to heterosexuals. It said its funding from the Roman Catholic church was dependent on its policy of helping only married heterosexual couples to adopt.
The New York Times – July 28, 2010
An End to Gay Adoption Bans?
By Lisa Belkin
Data drives policy. Or, at least, it should. In recent months there have been several studies suggesting that children raised by same-sex couples are certainly no worse off (and in some ways are arguably better off) than children raised by heterosexual couples.
Christian Newswire – July 12, 2010
Michelle Duggar Receives ‘Mother of the Year Award’ at Historic Baby Conference
SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Michelle Duggar, mother to 19 and star of TLC’s “19 Kids and Counting” received the “Mother of the Year Award” as part of a special ceremony at the Baby Conference: A Historic Family Summit on the Triumph of Life Over the Culture of Death, held July 8-10 in San Antonio. Michelle and her husband Jim Bob were featured speakers at the event, sponsored by Vision Forum Ministries, which drew more than 1,500 to the Alamo City.