Gay adoptn: A new take on the Amerin fay

Contents:

• NEW YORK GIV CHRISTIAN GROUP 'ULTIMATUM': CHANGE GAY ADOPTN POLICY OR END PLACEMENT PROGRAM
• LGBT ADOPTN FACTS | GAY ADOPTN FACTS
• COURT BLOCKS NY OM PUNISHG CHRISTIAN ADOPTN AGENCY FOR REJECTG UNMARRIED, GAY UPL
• GAY UPLE SHAR THEIR ADOPTN EXPERIENCE
• JUDGE LETS GAY PARTNER ADOPT CHILD
• NEW YORK GIV CHRISTIAN GROUP 'ULTIMATUM': CHANGE GAY ADOPTN POLICY OR END PLACEMENT PROGRAM

NEW YORK GIV CHRISTIAN GROUP 'ULTIMATUM': CHANGE GAY ADOPTN POLICY OR END PLACEMENT PROGRAM

About Gay & Lbian Hoeholds wh Adoptive Children. Gay and lbian parents are raisg 4% of all adopted children unr the age of 18 the Uned Stat.

Sgle Lbian/Gay Individual: 3%. Gay/Lbian Couple: 1%.

LGBT ADOPTN FACTS | GAY ADOPTN FACTS

An timated 65, 500 adopted children are livg wh a lbian or gay parent. Below are the 10 stat wh the hight numbers of adopted children, unr the age of 18, who are livg lbian and gay hoeholds.

As an extensn of this lg, a law banng gay adoptn Mississippi was overturned 2016, makg jot LGBT adoptn legal all 50 stat. In 2017, the US Supreme Court reversed a state urt’s lg that gay married upl mt get a urt orr to have both spo listed on their children’s birth certifit. “Adoptn and Foster Care by Gay and Lbian Parents the Uned Stat.

“An evaluatn of gay/lbian and heterosexual adoptn. “Parentg by gay fathers.

COURT BLOCKS NY OM PUNISHG CHRISTIAN ADOPTN AGENCY FOR REJECTG UNMARRIED, GAY UPL

Celte Sloman for The New York TimJune 20, 2017At gay pri march around the untry this month, there will be celebratns of marriage, a natnal right that, at jt two years old, feels hly exuberant to many lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr while qutns of marriage are largely settled, same-sex upl who choose to have children still face a patchwork of laws around the untry that fe who is and who n be a parent. Fai, om rtrictns on surrogacy to ctody, and the landspe is nstantly a sgle state, there n be layers of befuddlg plexy, wh certa l place that help gay fai and others that rtrict them.

But even stat that tend to have iendly laws, life is more plited for gay Eisenberg and Anna Wolk live Brooklyn, and they cid together to get pregnant. Hodg cisn 2015 that ma gay marriage legal natnwi, an expansn of parentg laws California, and a feelg that the untry was marchg toward acceptance, Ms. go to a gay uple; we were the only one on the wag.

GAY UPLE SHAR THEIR ADOPTN EXPERIENCE

A gay or lbian uple adoptg a child is still a. Christian group su New York over ultimatum to change gay adoptn policy or end program(Photo: Becket) | (Photo: Becket)The state of New York has given a Syrace-based Christian adoptn agency an ultimatum to eher change their adoptn policy forbiddg placement wh same-sex upl or no longer be able to provi adoptn servic, a new lawsu Hope Fay Servic has filed a feral lawsu agast the actg missner of the state’s Office of Children and Fay Servic on the ground that the nonprof uld be forced to phase out s adoptn program if don’t change s policy prrizg placement hom wh both a mother and a anizatn, which was found 1965 and also provis foster servic and pregnancy rourc, has placed over 1, 000 children adoptive hom throughout the state sce s foundg. The review of the policy me after an agent of the agency did a se vis to New Hope and even took note of the “number of strengths” of New Hope’s adoptn after reviewg the New Hope’s polici, OFCS labeled New Hope’s policy on gay adoptn “discrimatory and impermissible.

Earlier this year, Bethany Christian Servic of Greater Delaware Valley altered s placement polici to allow for children to be placed hom wh same-sex parents after the cy of Philalphia stopped placg foster children wh BCS and Catholic Social Servic bee of their gay adoptn BCS changed s policy to meet the mands of Philalphia ernment lears, Catholic Social Servic filed a lawsu agast the cy. "Jackson is one of 65, 000 adopted children beg raised by same-sex parents the Uned Stat, acrdg to a March 2007 report piled by the Urban Instute and the Williams Instute at Universy of California at Los Angel School of same report timat more than 14, 100 foster children were livg wh one or more gay or lbian foster and his longtime partner, Ken Manford, adopted Jackson om Guatemala 2001 and say he is not overly bothered by the non-tradnal character of their fay. ""Love mak a fay, not blogy or genr, " he prejudice, legal hurdlEndurg the time-nsumg adoptn or foster re procs is harryg enough for heterosexual upl, but gays and lbians face addnal stat do not have specific laws or urt cisns on gay adoptn or gay foster parentg, acrdg to Pl Catt, director of public tn for the Amerin Civil Liberti Unn's gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr stat and Washgton, D.

JUDGE LETS GAY PARTNER ADOPT CHILD

Eher implicly or explicly state that sexual orientatn nnot legally prevent gay and lbians om adoptg, acrdg to the Urban Instute report. )Three stat have laws nyg gays and lbians the right to adopt or take foster Mississippi allows sgle gays and lbians to adopt, prohibs same-sex upl om adoptg. Florida is currently the only state that specifilly bans "homosexual" dividuals om adoptg, although the state do allow them to be foster the remag 36 stat, gays and lbians who want to adopt or take foster re children are at the mercy of judg and adoptn and foster agenci, acrdg to the Evan B.

Donaldson Adoptn Instute, a non-prof anizatn that studi adoptn and foster although the stute says about 60 percent of all adoptn agenci accept applitns om gays and lbians, they are often nonted wh prejudice durg the Prettyman's partner, Kelly Schlageter, ed a sperm donor and gave birth to tw girls about six months ago.

Amerins dividWhile has not galvanized opposn as forcefully as the issue of same-sex marriage, polls show the Amerin public is divid about gay and lbian adoptn. Acrdg to a March 2006 Pew Rearch Center poll, 46 percent of Amerins support gay and lbian adoptn, up om 38 percent 1999.

NEW YORK GIV CHRISTIAN GROUP 'ULTIMATUM': CHANGE GAY ADOPTN POLICY OR END PLACEMENT PROGRAM

(Read how a new poll suggts even more Amerins approve of adoptn by same-sex upl)Some opponents argue that gay or lbian hoeholds suffer om not havg both a mom and a dad. Some fd hard to see how children of same-sex upl or sgle gay parents are somehow worse off. "There is no credible social science evince to support that gay parentg -- and by extensn, gay adoptive parentg -- negatively affects the well-beg of children, " said Adam Pertman, executive director of the Evan B.

"It's que clear that children do fe hom led by gays and lbians.

"Pertman says his anizatn is not particularly volved gay and lbian issu - they support gay and lbian parentg bee "serv children's terts. "Several anizatns -- the Natnal Adoptn Center, the Amerin Medil Associatn, Amerin Psychologil Associatn, the Amerin Amy of Pediatrics -- also say that havg gay and lbian parents do not negatively affect proponents, like Rob Woronoff of the Child Welfare League of Ameri, argue shuttg off adoptn and foster re to gays and lbians adversely affects children bee narrows the pool of potential parents. Whether you work wh a lol agency, a natnal agency or an attorney, is important to choose a profsnal that is experienced adoptn and open to gay upl like yourselv.

But, wh so many profsnals who want you to adopt wh them, how do you fd a gay-iendly adoptn agency that is perfect for your fay’s goals? Proper rearch before selectg an adoptn agency is key to fdg the perfect f for you, pecially for same-sex upl who are lookg for adoptn agenci that work wh gay upl. Thoroughly Interview Prospective Gay Adoptn Agenci.