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Written by Instinct Staff | Tuesday, 23 October 2012
Tags: gay adoption, foster care, study, ucla, gay parents, high-risk children

In the first study to compare and track the progress over time of high-risk children adopted out of foster care by gay, lesbian, and heterosexual couples, it's been found that children "adopted from foster care by gay parents fare equally in their cognitive and emotional development as those adopted by heterosexual parents."

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Written by Instinct Staff | Monday, 27 August 2012
Tags: lgbt youth, foster care, california state senate, la gay and lesbian center, equality california, assembly bill 1856

Big news for California's LGBT youth in the foster care system!

Assembly Bill 1856, which was designed to make foster care safer and more supportive for LGBT youth has been approved by the California state Senate!

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Written by Instinct Staff | Wednesday, 14 September 2011
Tags: human rights campaign, initiative, adoption, same-sex parent families, adoption agencies, foster care, hrc, lgbt equality, gay, lesbian

While part of the Human Rights Campaign is on a bus winding through the Midwest pushing for marriage equality support, work is still being done on all fronts at HRC headquarters. After the jump learn about HRC's new 50-state initiative to identify All Children-All Families (ACAF) partners for adoption opportuniies.

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Written by Instinct Staff | Monday, 11 July 2011
Tags: new york, adoption, gay marriage, same-sex marriage, 2010 census, ap. associated press, kids, homes, foster care, empire state

It probably doesn't take a genius (hey, we're not judging) to throw it out there that adoptions are expected to pick up in the Empire state once gays can legally tie the knot. But read what the Associated Press is reporting after the jump.

 

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Written by Jonathan Higbee, | Wednesday, 09 March 2011
Tags: united kingdom, adoption, foster care, parenting, bigots, homophobes, religion, christianity, david cameron, quotes

In response to a U.K. court's ruling against a Christian couple fighting local anti-discrimination laws, Prime Minister David Cameron has shed simplistic truth on the Christian battle with bigotry. “I think Christians should be tolerant and welcoming and broad-minded," Cameron said on a Tuesday visit to the town of Derby.

Makes sense, right, with the whole WWJD thing? 

Well Eunice Johns, one half of the anti-gay couple in question, thinks that Jesus would discriminate and has lashed out against the Prime Minister. “He said he was a Christian, but after what he’s said today, I don’t know. Our right to express our views as Christians has been eroded as the rights of homosexuals are deemed more important.”&nbs...

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