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	<title>Ruth Institute Blog &#187; gay adoption</title>
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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>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 23:25:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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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>&#8216;Incredible&#8217; victory for marriage, family</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2011/04/15/incredible-victory-for-marriage-family/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 19:48:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<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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		<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>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 18:46:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<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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		<slash:comments>41</slash:comments>
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		<title>The other story about same-sex parenting</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/07/13/the-other-story-about-same-sex-parenting/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/07/13/the-other-story-about-same-sex-parenting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 22:45:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Walter R Schumm Research showing the risks of lesbian and gay parenting is ignored in the race to make a political case. There is an inherent risk that anyone who has anything to say about gay male or lesbian parenting, no matter how cautious, will be misunderstood at best and vilified at worst. Nevertheless, [...]]]></description>
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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>
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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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		<title>Arkansas strikes down gay adoption ban</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/04/20/arkansas-strikes-down-gay-adoption-ban/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 00:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Roback Morse</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Read it here.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;A Landmark Gay Custody Case&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/04/20/a-landmark-gay-custody-case/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/04/20/a-landmark-gay-custody-case/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 23:09:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Roback Morse</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t know why the MSM is so enthused about these &#8220;landmark gay custody cases,&#8221; which are supposedly &#8220;bringing us into the 21st century.&#8221; These cases, unfortunately, illustrate I am completely justified in my concerns about the direction of family law, under the tutelage of the gay lobby and the influence of same sex marriage. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NC same-gender adoption case continues</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2009/12/02/nc-same-gender-adoption-case-continues/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2009/12/02/nc-same-gender-adoption-case-continues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:35:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Charlie Butts &#8211; OneNewsNow - Several organizations are asking the North Carolina Supreme Court to review a lower-court decision permitting same-gender adoption. The court ruled in a case involving two lesbians, one of whom is State Senator Julia Boseman (D-New Hanover). Boseman&#8217;s partner Melissa Jarrell had a baby through artificial insemination and permitted Boseman to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two Mamas Do It Better? How &#8220;Progressives&#8221; Argue Themselves into Positions that make them Rigid, Backward Thinking, and Narrow-minded Cretans</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2009/11/24/two-mamas-do-it-better-how-progressives-argue-themselves-into-positions-that-make-them-rigid-backward-thinking-and-narrow-minded-cretans/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2009/11/24/two-mamas-do-it-better-how-progressives-argue-themselves-into-positions-that-make-them-rigid-backward-thinking-and-narrow-minded-cretans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:35:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Posted in &#8221;No Left Turns&#8221; by Julie Ponzi Irony is a funny thing . . . and sometimes irony is unavoidable.  For Progressives who seek to deny the realities of low nature rather than taking them into account on the journey toward a more natural (in the higher sense) and just world, the irony often is that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Same-Sex Marriage: Not in the Best Interest of Children</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2009/10/15/same-sex-marriage-not-in-the-best-interest-of-children/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2009/10/15/same-sex-marriage-not-in-the-best-interest-of-children/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:25:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Trayce Hansen, Ph.D. As mental health professionals, it’s our ethical and moral obligation to support policies that are in the best interest of those we serve, particularly those who are most vulnerable—namely, children. Same-sex marriage may be in the best interest of adult homosexuals who yearn for social and legal recognition of their unions, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Montana judges smack down parental rights</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2009/10/14/montana-judges-smack-down-parental-rights/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2009/10/14/montana-judges-smack-down-parental-rights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:50:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Charlie Butts &#8211; OneNewsNow - The Montana Supreme Court has granted parental rights to a non-parent. For ten years, two women lived together in a lesbian relationship, during which one of them &#8212; Barbara Maniaci &#8212; solely adopted two children. But in 2006, Maniaci left her roommate and the homosexual lifestyle, and later married a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flip-flopper governor signs &#8216;Harvey Milk&#8217; bill</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2009/10/14/flip-flopper-governor-signs-harvey-milk-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2009/10/14/flip-flopper-governor-signs-harvey-milk-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:48:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Charlie Butts &#8211; OneNewsNow - California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed a law designating May 22 as &#8220;Harvey Milk Day&#8221; for public school students. Harvey Milk, the first openly homosexual member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, was murdered in 1978 while in office. Randy Thomasson of SaveCalifornia.com tells OneNewsNow that in light of the governor&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Doctors settle case for denying lesbian treatment</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2009/09/30/doctors-settle-case-for-denying-lesbian-treatment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ruthblog.org/2009/09/30/doctors-settle-case-for-denying-lesbian-treatment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:24:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Charlie Butts &#8211; OneNewsNow - A Christian attorney suggests that a ruling Tuesday by the California Supreme Court legitimizes discrimination against individuals who claim their religious convictions prevent them from providing certain professional services. A California lesbian has settled a lawsuit against doctors who refused &#8212; on the basis of their Christian faith &#8212; to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Official: No Ukrainian adoption for Elton John</title>
		<link>http://www.ruthblog.org/2009/09/25/official-no-ukrainian-adoption-for-elton-john/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:11:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[KIEV, Ukraine &#8211; Elton John won&#8217;t be able to adopt a 14-month-old HIV-positive child from Ukraine because the pop star is too old and isn&#8217;t married, the government said Monday. Adoption and gay rights advocates expressed regret about the determination by Family, Youth and Sports Minister Yuriy Pavlenko, while a children&#8217;s charity had reservations about [...]]]></description>
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