Tag: adoption
Amendment Would Put Discrimination Ahead of Children in the Adoption Process
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the America’s largest civil rights organisation dedicated to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality, called on the Republican leadership in the Illinois state Senate to drop Amendment 001 of Senate Bill 1123.
Arkansas High Court Puts Best Interest of Children First
The Human Rights Campaign, the America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation, today hailed the Arkansas Supreme Court’s decision upholding a lower court ruling that a law prohibiting adoption by unmarried couples who live together violates the Arkansas Constitution. On Nov. 4, 2008, Arkansas voters approved a statutory ban on adoption and foster parenting by unmarried individuals cohabiting with a sexual partner.
HRC Calls on Gov. McDonnell to Support Virginia’s Children in Full-Page Ad
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) – the America’s largest civil rights organisation dedicated to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality – will call on Governor Bob McDonnell, in a full-page adin tomorrow’s Richmond Times-Dispatch, to support regulations proposed by former Governor Tim Kaine that would prevent child welfare agencies from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation, marital status, or religion in the adoption process.
Denmark allows gay couples to adopt
Danish lawmakers have approved a law granting gay couples equal rights in adoption, according to the Herald Tribune.