Tag: adoption
Norway : Gay penguin couple has adopted an egg
At the aquarium in Bergen, Norway, two male penguins Pondus and Herman Piele fell in love.
Family Equality Council Denounces Utah Supreme Court for Halting Adoptions by Same-Sex Couples
Family Equality Council® today condemned the Utah Supreme Court for halting adoptions by same-sex couples as it weighs whether several step-parent/second-parent adoptions can be approved while the state’s marriage ban case is on appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.
Northern Ireland to challenge ruling granting gay adoption
The Northern Ireland Health Minister is going to the highest British court to stop gay couples from being allowed to adopt.
NOM’s Brown Traveled to Russia to Support Bill That Would Deny Adoption to “Abnormal” Gay Parents
As a growing chorus of condemnation mounts against a bevy of new anti-LGBT legislation in Russia, today it emerged that National Organisation for Marriage (NOM) president Brian Brown traveled to Moscow earlier this year in support of a bill – now law – that bans the adoption of Russian children by gay couples, unmarried couples and single people in countries where same-sex marriage is legal.
Paul Ryan comes out in support of gay adoption
‘I think if a person wants to love and raise a child they ought to be able to do that. Period. I would vote that way,’ says Paul Ryan, who had previously voted to ban same-sex couples from adopting.
Russian parliament considers banning adoptions by foreign same-sex couples
The head of a Russian parliamentary committee says the legislature is ready to prevent adoptions by foreign same-sex couples.