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…
Evidence Should Trump Ideology When Deciding Same-Sex Parenting Cases
Last Friday, a Utah judge reversed an order he had issued just three days earlier thatwould have removed a young girl from her home because her foster parents are lesbians. Under fierce pressure that even included grumbling by the state’s Republican governor, Judge Scott Johansen issued a temporary reversal after…
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…
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Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans TAMPA — Target. Home Depot. Sony Pictures. The now infamous computer hacks infuriated consumers who had personal information compromised and Hollywood honchos who had embarrassing emails made public. But headline-grabbing computer intrusions are only a fraction of what is going on…
Anonymous Hackers Rally Behind Kaitlyn Hunt, Lesbian Teen Expelled And Charged Over Same-Sex Relationship
Radical hackers Anonymous have rallied behind a lesbian teenager expelled from school and charged by police for an alleged sexual relationship with a 15-year-old girl. Kaitlyn Hunt, now 18, has been charged with two counts of lewd and lascivious battery of a child 12 to 16 years of age. The…