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	<title>Ruth Institute Blog &#187; adoption</title>
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		<title>Catholic Charities in IL closed foster care and adoption services</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/11/21/catholic-charities-in-il-closed-foster-care-and-adoption-services/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/11/21/catholic-charities-in-il-closed-foster-care-and-adoption-services/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 02:59:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[STATEMENT OF  MOST REVEREND EDWARD K. BRAXTON, BISHOP OF BELLEVILLE,  MOST REVEREND R. DANIEL CONLON, BISHOP OF JOLIET, AND MOST REVEREND THOMAS JOHN PAPROCKI, BISHOP OF SPRINGFIELD IN ILLINOIS  REGARDING THE ENDING OF APPEALS OF FOSTER CARE LITIGATION It is with deep regret that we have decided to relinquish our appeals in the litigation concerning [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The end of Illinois Catholic Charities</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/11/17/the-end-of-illinois-catholic-charities/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/11/17/the-end-of-illinois-catholic-charities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 22:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[adoption]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Charlie Butts and Bob Kellogg After 90 years of assisting in providing foster care for children, Catholic Charities of Illinois has been forced to cease services. The problem began with passage of the Illinois civil unions law for same-gender pairs, which led the state to force Christian foster care and adoption organizations to consider [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hollywood is looking for a few gay men</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/11/14/hollywood-is-looking-for-a-few-gay-men/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/11/14/hollywood-is-looking-for-a-few-gay-men/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:48:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Roback Morse</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[adoption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sex Radicals]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A friend sent me photos of street light posters he saw lining the streets of Hollywood. These posters were recruiting foster and adoptive parents in honor of National Adoption Month. What could be better than trying to recruit more foster and adoptive parents?  But my friend noticed something odd: there were absolutely no mothers in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The end of tolerance</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/10/17/the-end-of-tolerance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/10/17/the-end-of-tolerance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 18:33:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[adoption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Same Sex Marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[same sex adoption]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[by Zac Alstin The illusion that moral diversity is a viable social strategy is at its last gasp. Click here to watch the video. A British Member of Parliament has given voice to the idea that religious organisations should be forced to perform same-sex marriages or civil unions. In a letter to Prime Minister David [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Intelligent Response to an Idiotic Comment: Adoption</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/09/10/another-intelligent-response-to-an-idiotic-comment-adoption/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/09/10/another-intelligent-response-to-an-idiotic-comment-adoption/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Sep 2011 23:41:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Roback Morse</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[adoption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IRTIC's]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=8664</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You would be amazed at how often I hear some version of this one: “You say marriage is about attaching mothers and fathers to their children and to one another.  What about adoption?”  Or, “you say kids need a mom and a dad. I had a stepfather who was better than my biological dad.” Or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ohio Court Gets a Custody Case Right</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/07/19/ohio-court-gets-a-custody-case-right/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/07/19/ohio-court-gets-a-custody-case-right/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 16:58:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Roback Morse</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[adoption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parental Rights]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Note: This post was researched and written by Mr. Austin Muck, second year law student  at SMU, and legal intern for the summer at the Ruth Institute.  Dr J   Recently the Supreme Court of Ohio appropriately decided a case that protected the constitutional right of parents to determine what is in the best interest [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>27</slash:comments>
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		<title>British Columbia Decision!</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/05/20/british-columbia-decision/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/05/20/british-columbia-decision/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 18:31:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[adoption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Donor Conceived Persons]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[by Elizabeth Marquardt 05.19.2011 A big, big day! See Karen’s post below. Here is the Vancouver Sun article: VANCOUVER — A B.C.-born woman has won her court battle, resulting in a judge striking down the B. C Adoption Act as discriminatory and unconstitutional for offspring born as a result of anonymous sperm, egg and embryo [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Suffer the Little Children: Cohabitation and the Abuse of America&#8217;s Children</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/05/05/suffer-the-little-children-cohabitation-and-the-abuse-of-americas-children/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/05/05/suffer-the-little-children-cohabitation-and-the-abuse-of-americas-children/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 23:25:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[adoption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Children]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gay and Lesbian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gay adoption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lesbian adoption]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Study after study confirms that children do best when raised by a married couple, and worse when reared by a cohabiting couple. Yet the ACLU has been pursuing a legal campaign against states that have adoption laws which favor married couples. And just last month the Arkansas Supreme Court bought the ACLU argument and struck [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why No Adoption in the DE case? Does it Matter?</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/04/23/why-no-adoption-in-the-de-case/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/04/23/why-no-adoption-in-the-de-case/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2011 21:54:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Roback Morse</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[adoption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parental Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[same sex parenting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I haven&#8217;t seen many details on the Delaware case I posted the other day.  But one fact is clear: the non-mother in same sex couple did not do a second party adoption. If she had done an adoption, she would have the same parental rights as the woman who went to Kazakhstan to adopt the child [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Redefining Parenthood</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/04/21/redefining-parenthood-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/04/21/redefining-parenthood-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2011 00:07:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Roback Morse</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[adoption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parenting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lesbian adoption]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=7136</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Those of you who follow my speeches, articles and podcasts know that I have been saying that the push to redefine marriage will inevitably bring a redefinition of parenthood in its wake.  Well, This case in Delaware is what I&#8217;ve been talking about: An order by the Delaware Supreme Court appears to have resolved a [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>46</slash:comments>
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		<title>&#8216;Incredible&#8217; victory for marriage, family</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/04/15/incredible-victory-for-marriage-family/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/04/15/incredible-victory-for-marriage-family/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 19:48:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[adoption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gay and Lesbian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gay adoption]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=7085</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Charlie Butts &#8211; OneNewsNow - The Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans has ruled to protect marriage and the natural family. Two New York homosexuals adopted a Louisiana-born baby and then filed suit to try to force Louisiana to show both men as the child&#8217;s father on the birth certificate. &#8220;That would [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>59</slash:comments>
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		<title>Virginia Governor to Block Mandate Requiring Agencies to do Gay Adoptions</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/04/08/virginia-governor-to-block-mandate-requiring-agencies-to-do-gay-adoptions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/04/08/virginia-governor-to-block-mandate-requiring-agencies-to-do-gay-adoptions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 18:46:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[adoption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gay and Lesbian]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=7056</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[from NOM&#8217;s newsletter: The Democratic administration of Tim Kaine left a little time bomb in the making for incoming Gov. Bob McDonnell, in the form of new regulations which would require all adoption and foster care agencies to do gay adoptions. The gay blogs flipped when we dubbed this the &#8220;mandatory gay adoption&#8221; regs, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arkansas case: Children&#8217;s needs vs. adults&#8217; wants</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/03/29/arkansas-case-childrens-needs-vs-adults-wants/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/03/29/arkansas-case-childrens-needs-vs-adults-wants/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 16:42:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ginny</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[adoption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Co habitation]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=6788</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Bill Bumpas &#8211; OneNewsNow &#8211; 3/28/2011 An Arkansas law that allows only a married man and woman to adopt or foster children was up for debate recently before the state Supreme Court. The measure, designated as Act 1, was approved by 57 percent of voters in November 2008.  It reads: &#8220;A minor may not be [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>23</slash:comments>
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		<title>The feminists vs. the Sisters</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/12/20/4904/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/12/20/4904/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 22:20:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adoption]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The thought alone is provocative. ‘Who’s lookin’ out for you, kid?’ Kathryn Jean Lopez points out the irony of reproductive rights activists targeting an order of nuns devoted to women and children. They are a Catholic group of women religious established in 1991 by the late John Cardinal O’Connor, “for the protection and enhancement of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adoption works well</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/12/14/adoption-works-well/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/12/14/adoption-works-well/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 23:52:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[adoption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Children]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=4824</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[by Carolyn Moynihan Adoption has been under attack in recent decades and has almost disappeared within western countries as an option for a mother who is not in a position to bring up her child. Perhaps it was often handled badly in the past, but family scholar Pat Fagan has found solid evidence that adoption [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Test Tube Parenthood on Trial</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/10/30/test-tube-parenthood-on-trial/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/10/30/test-tube-parenthood-on-trial/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Oct 2010 22:27:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Roback Morse</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[adoption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Donor Conceived Persons]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=4397</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This article from Canada&#8217;s National Post focuses on a woman&#8217;s quest to give Donor Conceived Persons the right to search for their genetic, but absent parent. This is a right accorded to adopted children, but not to Donor Conceived Persons. One young woman I interviewed some months ago, who is making a documentary about her [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>More about adults, less about kids</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/09/08/more-about-adults-less-about-kids/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/09/08/more-about-adults-less-about-kids/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:12:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[adoption]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just in case there wasn&#8217;t enough to argue about on this blog. by Susan Smithies An Australian parliamentary debate on same-sex adoption shows gay rights to the fore. Heated debate and controversy swept across the Australian state of New South Wales last week when a bill granting same-sex couples the same rights under adoption laws [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>82</slash:comments>
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		<title>&#8216;Nurturing&#8217; isn&#8217;t parental equivalent</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/07/04/nurturing-isnt-parental-equivalent/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/07/04/nurturing-isnt-parental-equivalent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jul 2010 20:36:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ginny</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[adoption]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finally, some good news from a family court: A Wisconsin court has told a lesbian that legal adoption, not merely nurturing a child, determines parental rights. A lesbian identified as Liz K. and her former partner Wendy M. adopted two children from Guatamala. The couple decided that since Liz was a practicing attorney and could [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Privatizing Marriage? Part 1. Marriage Equality is Impossible</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/07/02/privatizing-marriage-part-1-marriage-equality-is-impossible/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/07/02/privatizing-marriage-part-1-marriage-equality-is-impossible/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 22:58:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Roback Morse</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[adoption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fathers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[motherhood]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Part 1. in a series of responses to a question posed by a student. No one contract can treat same sex couples and opposite sex couples identically. (Warning: this post is long! But Worth the effort if I do say so myself!) 1. If you believed that it is not possible for the government to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More disputed lesbian custody cases:Second class mothers?</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/05/24/more-disputed-lesbian-custody-cases/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 00:10:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Roback Morse</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[adoption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parental Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Same Sex Marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parental rights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Two more disputed lesbian custody cases are coming in Ohio. both these cases have the following features: 1. a biological mother does not want her former lesbian partner to have parental rights over her child. 2. the former partner and the mother dispute many details of their relationship to each other and their agreement regarding [...]]]></description>
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