http://damnstraight.oversampled.net/2006/03/02/half-a-million-kids-need-parents-step-up-or-shut-up/ Culturally Queer News and Views from Abigail Garner Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:48:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://damnstraight.oversampled.net/2006/03/02/half-a-million-kids-need-parents-step-up-or-shut-up/comment-page-1/#comment-60 Jade Catherine Fri, 03 Mar 2006 20:27:06 +0000 http://damnstraight.oversampled.net/index.php/2006/03/02/half-a-million-kids-need-parents-step-up-or-shut-up/#comment-60 I appreciate this effort... there's a bill in Ohio that will literally wipe our family out if it succeeds, because we need to switch our custody from temporary to permanent adoption in about a year or so in order to legally keep our child in school. I'm going to try to get a statement from his teacher about what a disaster that would be for him, and present it to my state legislator. I appreciate this effort… there’s a bill in Ohio that will literally wipe our family out if it succeeds, because we need to switch our custody from temporary to permanent adoption in about a year or so in order to legally keep our child in school. I’m going to try to get a statement from his teacher about what a disaster that would be for him, and present it to my state legislator.

]]> http://damnstraight.oversampled.net/2006/03/02/half-a-million-kids-need-parents-step-up-or-shut-up/comment-page-1/#comment-59 Rita Fri, 03 Mar 2006 18:32:01 +0000 http://damnstraight.oversampled.net/index.php/2006/03/02/half-a-million-kids-need-parents-step-up-or-shut-up/#comment-59 If you care about this issue, you need to be aware that probable presidential candidate, Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, has recently shown that he does not support adoptions by gay families. Just last week, he publicly supported a proposal by Catholic bishops to allow Catholic social service orgs in Massachusetts to refuse on religious grounds to place kids that are up for adoption with gay couples. <a href="http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2006/03/01/romney_shifts_on_adoption_by_gays/">(See article.)</a> If you care about this issue, you need to be aware that probable presidential candidate, Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, has recently shown that he does not support adoptions by gay families. Just last week, he publicly supported a proposal by Catholic bishops to allow Catholic social service orgs in Massachusetts to refuse on religious grounds to place kids that are up for adoption with gay couples.
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