
An Italian appeals court has upheld the right of a woman to adopt her wife’s biological child, a rights group said Wednesday, in a landmark case for the Catholic country as it weighs civil unions for same-sex couples. The decision
by AFP24 Dec 2015, 1:16 AM PST0

Over the past year, the number of children adopted by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) couples and individuals reached a record high, comprising more than one in 12 of adoptions in the UK. This year marks the 10th anniversary
by Liam Deacon14 Dec 2015, 10:06 AM PST0

A Saturday rally in Salt Lake City featured Mormons who don’t attend church hectoring the Mormon Church about its new policy, issued on November 5, that bans baptisms for children of gay parents until the kids turn 18 and repudiate same-sex relationships.
by William Bigelow15 Nov 2015, 4:30 PM PST0

Judge Scott Johansen ordered Friday that the baby may stay with April Hoagland and Beckie Peirce – a married lesbian couple – in foster care. However, his decision still leaves the possibility that he could order the child will be removed at a custody hearing on December 4.
by Dr. Susan Berry13 Nov 2015, 12:47 PM PST0

A Utah juvenile court judge ruled Tuesday that a 1-year-old girl, who has been in the care of lesbian foster parents, cannot be adopted by them and should be sent to “a more traditional home,” says the Utah Division of Child and Family Services.
by Dr. Susan Berry12 Nov 2015, 9:55 PM PST0

Though a known opponent of gay marriage and “gender theory,” Pope Francis has unintentionally given his endorsement to a children’s book proposing alternative family styles, including same-sex parents, with a letter from the Vatican Secretariat of State.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.28 Aug 2015, 11:13 AM PST0

In April of 2009, the Connecticut state legislature amended a law to codify same-sex marriage to read that churches and religious groups cannot be forced “to provide services, accommodations, advantages, facilities, goods or privileges” to a same-sex marriage, or be forced to “provide adoption, foster care or social services” to a same-sex marriage.
by Dr. Susan Berry22 Jun 2015, 7:40 AM PST0

Two weeks ago at a Sunday Mass, Pope Francis recognized a delegation of Slovaks in the crowd and encouraged their efforts in a national referendum banning same-sex adoption. Just this week, at his weekly audience, Francis did it again.
by Austin Ruse5 Feb 2015, 10:42 AM PST0