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• Adoption Tide Turns in Florida?

  Another chink has developed in Florida's ban on gay adoption.  A state appeals court ruled Wednesday that the state must recognize adoptions to gay and lesbian parents that occurred outside the state, under the U.S. Constitution's full faith and credit clause. The decision was reached in the case of a lesbian couple who Read More... Posted May 14 2009, 04:54 PM by Shannon LC Cate with | with 8 comment(s) Filed under: GLBT parenting, Shannon LC Cate, same-sex adoption, florida adoption ban

• The Literal Cost of Homophobia

  Instead of "Tea Parties" citizens of Florida worried about the state budget should perhaps be holding pro-gay adoption rallies.  According to a new report out from The Williams Institute, at the UCLA School of Law, Florida's gay adoption ban is costing the state at least $3.4 million a year.The number is based on Read More... Posted Apr 18 2009, 11:50 AM by Shannon LC Cate with | with no comments Filed under: gay adoption, gay parents, economy, recession, Shannon LC Cate, gay adoption ban, florida adoption ban, gay foster parents

• HRC Launches All Children -- All Families Campaign

  In the wake of Arkansas's ban on gay foster and adoptive parenting and Miami-Dade's ruling against Florida's similar ban, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) launches a new adoption "awareness" campaign to increase opportunities for children who need them to find permanent homes by expanding opportunities for glbt people to foster and adopt. As an adoptive mom who puts myself into the public view as such, I am sometimes approached by would-be adoptive parents (not necessarily queer ones) who want to know how to vet an adoption agency's ethics.  One tip I offer Read More... Posted Dec 03 2008, 10:30 AM by Shannon LC Cate with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: adoption, GLBT parenting, gay families, Shannon LC Cate, Arkansas Adoption Ban, gay adoption ban, glbt adoption, florida adoption ban, HRC