More than a year after West Virginia officials began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, state birth certificates for adopted children still list “mother” and “father” next to the blanks for the parents’ names. Unlike other states that are resisting changing the certificates, the West Virginia Department of Health and…
Lawmaker suggests audit of Kansas child welfare agency’s treatment of same-sex couples
A Kansas lawmaker said he will seek an audit to determine whether the state Department for Children and Families discriminates against same-sex couples in foster care and adoption cases amid questions about why a Topeka councilman and his wife were granted custody of a child who had been cared for…
Mass protest over Mormon church denying baptism to children of gay couples
Thousands of Mormons gathered in a park to resign en masse from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, protesting the church’s new policy regarding the children of same-sex couples. The church distributed “Handbook 1”, which contained new rules for the church such as not allowing “natural or adopted”…
Mormon Church to exclude children of same-sex couples from getting blessed and baptized until they are 18
Children living in a same-sex household may not be blessed as babies or baptized until they are 18, the Mormon Church declared in a new policy. Once they reach 18, children may disavow the practice of same-sex cohabitation or marriage and stop living within the household and request to join the church. The…
Online Dating Couples Less Likely to Divorce
ouples that met via online dating and married are less likely to get a divorce than those who didn’t meet online, according to a new study by the University of Chicago. In addition, the study found that online dating is one of the most popular ways to get together. One…