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cowpiecreek — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 01:55:10 +0000

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cowpiecreek — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 07:53:00 +0000

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cowpiecreek — Thu, 20 May 2010 09:54:00 +0000

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Gay And Lesbian Wedding Gifts

cowpiecreek — Wed, 19 May 2010 08:18:00 +0000

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Now We Don Our Gay Apparel

cowpiecreek — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:03:00 +0000

Holidays can be very stressful for gays, especially if your family doesn’t “approve” of your lifestyle. If you belong to one of those families and showing up at your parent’s home with your life partner isn’t “acceptable”, don’t let depression spoil your holiday. Surround yourself with loving friends and have your own Christmas celebration. If you want to pick your spirits up, how about a funny gay gift in the way of a gay shirt or other gay gifts and whoop it up this Christmas? Gay Shirt has a great selection of gay clothing and lesbian clothing as well as t-shirts and gifts for gay families. We hope you’ll stop by Gay Shirt for all your gay gear not just at Christmas, but all year ’round.

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What Makes A Family?

cowpiecreek — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 10:58:00 +0000

Three college educators have determined there is no significant difference in emotional problems experienced by children adopted by heterosexual and gay or lesbian parents.

The study, published in this month’s Adoption Quarterly, was authored by Scott Ryan, the new dean of The University of Texas School of Social Work, and Paige Averett and Blace Nalavany, assistant professors of social work at East Carolina University.

The researchers used survey results from parents who adopted children through Florida’s public child welfare system and data from gay and lesbian couples throughout the United States.

“Our research shows that there is no difference in children raised by gay or lesbian parents and heterosexual parents,” said Ryan, who is an expert in the study of gay and lesbian adoption. “People are people.”

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Emotional problems of adopted children were more likely predicted by age and pre-adoptive sexual abuse, Averett added.

The study also found that an increase in annual income, family operation and parental satisfaction with adoption preparation services could lead to significantly less emotional problems.

“But we did not find sexual orientation to be a significant predictor of behavioral problems,” Nalavany said.

Ryan said what makes the study different is that gay and lesbian couples were compared with heterosexual couples. The study also had a “robust sample size,” he said.

The study included 155 gay and lesbian couples and 1,229 heterosexual couples. Couples responded to questions about parent and child characteristics, family composition and dynamics, the child’s pre-adoptive history (or a history of maltreatment), and current emotional and behavioral functioning.

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As of 2007, there were an estimated 130,000 children in the child welfare system waiting to be adopted, yet a Library of Congress report noted “serious shortages” of qualified adoptive parents.

The American Civil Liberties Union contends that many gay and lesbian families are interested and willing to adopt children and are often open to adopting the harder to place children such as those that are older. Yet policies of adoption agencies, social stigma and state laws have created barriers to adoption for gay and lesbian couples, the advocacy group argues.
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“There are implications for social work educators, adoption professionals and policy makers in this and other recent studies,” Averett said. “We must pay attention to the data indicating that gay and lesbian parents are as fit as heterosexual parents to adopt.”

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“The proof is in the research,” Ryan said.

Article courtesy of Gaytheist Agenda

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Gay Adoption

cowpiecreek — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 10:38:00 +0000

Gay adoption varies from state to state, so if you’re considering gay adoption, we hope the following list will be helpful to you.

Gay Adoption State-by-State

Alabama
Permits single GLBT adoption. Does not clearly prohibit joint gay adoption. Second-parent adoption allowed in some areas.

Alaska
Permits single GLBT adoption. Does not clearly prohibit joint gay adoption. Second-parent adoption allowed in some areas.

Arizona
Permits single GLBT adoption. Does not clearly prohibit joint gay adoption. Second-parent adoption unclear.

Arkansas
Arkansas Act One prohibits unmarried couples (both same sex and opposite sex) from adopting or fostering children. More on Act One

California
Permits single GLBT and joint adoption. Second-parent adoption allowed.

Colorado
Permits same-sex couple adoption. Also allows grandparents and other individuals helping raise the child to adopt.

Connecticut
Permits single GLBT and joint adoption. Second-parent adoption allowed.

Delaware
Permits single GLBT adoption. Does not clearly prohibit joint gay adoption. Second-parent adoption allowed in some areas.

District of Columbia
Permits single GLBT and joint adoption. Second-parent adoption allowed.

Florida
Prohibits single and joint gay adoption.

Georgia
Permits single GLBT adoption. Does not clearly prohibit joint gay adoption. Second-parent adoption unclear.

Hawaii
Permits single GLBT adoption. Does not clearly prohibit joint gay adoption. Second-parent adoption allowed in some areas.

Idaho
Permits single GLBT adoption. Does not clearly prohibit joint gay adoption. Second-parent adoption unclear.

Illinois
Permits single GLBT and couples adoption. Second-parent adoption allowed.

Indiana
Permits single GLBT adoption. Does not clearly prohibit joint gay adoption. Second-parent adoption allowed in some areas.

Iowa
Permits single GLBT adoption. Does not clearly prohibit joint gay adoption. Second-parent adoption allowed in some areas.

Kansas
Permits single GLBT adoption. Does not clearly prohibit joint gay adoption. Second-parent adoption unclear.

Kentucky
Permits single GLBT adoption. Does not clearly prohibit joint gay adoption. Second-parent adoption unclear.

Louisiana
Permits single GLBT adoption. Does not clearly prohibit joint gay adoption. Second-parent adoption allowed in some areas.

Maine
Permits single GLBT adoption. On August 30, 2007 the Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled unanimously in their favor on grounds that prohibiting the adoption would be counter to Maine’s Adoption Act. (read more)

Maryland
Permits single GLBT adoption. Joint gay adoption unclear. Second-parent adoption allowed in some areas.

Massachusetts
Permits single GLBT and joint adoption. Second-parent adoption allowed.

Michigan
Permits single GLBT adoption. Prohibits joint adoption. Second-parent adoption unclear.

Minnesota
Permits single GLBT adoption. Joint gay adoption unclear. Second-parent adoption allowed in some areas.

Mississippi
Permits single GLBT adoption. Prohibits joint adoption. Second-parent adoption unclear.

Missouri
Single GLBT and joint adoption unclear. Second-parent adoption unclear.

Montana
Permits single GLBT adoption. Does not clearly prohibit joint gay adoption. Second-parent adoption unclear.

Nebraska
Single GLBT adoption unclear. Does not clearly prohibit joint gay adoption. Prohibits second-parent adoption.

Nevada
Permits single GLBT adoption. Does not clearly prohibit joint gay adoption. Second-parent adoption allowed in some areas.

New Hampshire
Permits single GLBT adoption. Prohibits joint adoption. Second-parent adoption unclear.

New Jersey
Permits single GLBT and joint adoption. Second-parent adoption allowed.

New Mexico
Permits single GLBT and joint adoption. Second-parent adoption allowed in some areas.

New York
Permits single GLBT and joint adoption. Second-parent adoption allowed.

North Carolina
Permits single GLBT adoption. Joint adoption unclear. Second-parent adoption unclear.

North Dakota
Single GLBT and joint adoption unclear. Second-parent adoption unclear.

Ohio
Permits single GLBT adoption. Does not clearly prohibit joint gay adoption. Second-parent adoption not allowed.

Oklahoma
Permits single GLBT adoption. Does not clearly prohibit joint gay adoption. Second-parent adoption unclear.

Oregon
Permits single GLBT and joint adoption. Second-parent adoption allowed in some areas.

Pennsylvania
Permits single GLBT adoption. Joint adoption unclear. Second-parent adoption allowed.

Rhode Island
Permits single GLBT adoption. Does not clearly prohibit joint gay adoption. Second-parent adoption allowed in some areas.

South Carolina
Permits single GLBT adoption. Joint adoption unclear. Second-parent adoption unclear.

South Dakota
Permits single GLBT adoption. Joint adoption unclear. Second-parent adoption unclear.

Tennessee
Permits single GLBT adoption. Does not clearly prohibit joint gay adoption. Second-parent adoption unclear.

Texas
Permits single GLBT adoption. Joint adoption unclear. Second-parent adoption allowed in some areas.

Utah
Permits single GLBT adoption. Joint adoption prohibited. Second-parent adoption unclear.

Vermont
Permits single GLBT and joint adoption. Second-parent adoption allowed.

Virginia
Permits single GLBT adoption. Does not clearly prohibit joint gay adoption. Second-parent adoption unclear.

Washington
Permits single GLBT adoption. Joint adoption unclear. Second-parent adoption in some areas.

West Virginia
Permits single GLBT adoption. Does not clearly prohibit joint gay adoption. Second-parent adoption unclear.

Wisconsin
Permits single GLBT adoption. Does not clearly prohibit joint gay adoption. Second-parent adoption prohibited.

Wyoming
Permits single GLBT adoption. Joint adoption unclear. Second-parent adoption unclear.

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Happy Gay Halloween!

cowpiecreek — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:21:00 +0000

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Gay Marriage

cowpiecreek — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:00:00 +0000

If you’re gay and lucky enough to live in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa, Vermont, or Maine, gay marriages can now be legally performed and recognized by these states. Although New York, Washington D.C., and Rhode Island legally recognize gay marriages performed elsewhere, gay marriages still cannot be legally performed within these states. As usual, the U.S. is dragging its feet and falls way behind other countries who have legalized gay marriages, including Canada, Sweden, Norway, Holland, Belgium, Spain, and South Africa. This writer was taken completely by surprise when Proposition 8 was overturned in California, since California has usually been the frontrunner in innovative, liberal movements in the past. I was hit with another surprise when Iowa voted to legalize gay marriage…IOWA…midwestern America! Way to go, Iowa!!!!

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Gay Families

cowpiecreek — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:49:00 +0000

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