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- TENNSEE ERNOR SIGNS ANTI-GAY ADOPTN BILL
- TENNSEE GOV. BILL LEE SIGNS BILL ALLOWG ADOPTN AGENCI TO NY GAY UPL
- I WAS RAISED BY 2 GAY MEN. I STILL THK CHILDREN SERVE TO BE ADOPTED TO A HOME WH A MOTHER AND A FATHER | OPN
- TENNSEE LAWMAKERS OK BILL ALLOWG ADOPTN AGENCI TO NY GAY UPL
- IN FIRST BILL OF THE YEAR, TENNSEE SENATE PASS LEGISLATN ALLOWG ADOPTN AGENCI TO NY GAY UPL
TENNSEE ERNOR SIGNS ANTI-GAY ADOPTN BILL
While champns of the law say ’s about relig eedom, opponents say mak the state’s gay rints “send-class cizens.” * gay adoption in tennessee *
Some fah-based agenci had already not allowed gay upl to adopt.
TENNSEE GOV. BILL LEE SIGNS BILL ALLOWG ADOPTN AGENCI TO NY GAY UPL
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"I actually intify as bisexual, my wife intifi as lbian, one dad is transgenr and the other is a gay man, " she explaed. However, she said her agency do not "turn away" gay upl, rather refers them elsewhere.
I WAS RAISED BY 2 GAY MEN. I STILL THK CHILDREN SERVE TO BE ADOPTED TO A HOME WH A MOTHER AND A FATHER | OPN
Some expect the law will make an already nfg system harr to adoptn agenci don't typilly advertise whether they will work wh gay clients, which means the prospective parents will need to do their rearch, make phone lls, risk the huiatn of rejectn, and some s travel long distanc to meet wh agenci that are willg to work wh them. Over 21 percent of gay upl are raisg adopted children pared wh 3 percent of straight, and nearly 3 percent of gay upl have foster children pared wh 0. After all, we all have iends we know and love who are gay and who serve to be treated fairly.
TENNSEE LAWMAKERS OK BILL ALLOWG ADOPTN AGENCI TO NY GAY UPL
For the first eight years of my life, I was raised by two gay men — my father and his partner.
I craved a mother’s love even though I was well-loved by my two gay dads. I am not sayg that gay upl nnot love and parent children well.
IN FIRST BILL OF THE YEAR, TENNSEE SENATE PASS LEGISLATN ALLOWG ADOPTN AGENCI TO NY GAY UPL
No adult, gay or straight, has a right to adopt.
Bill Lee for his 's office on Tuday afternoon nfirmed that the ernor would be signg the bill as soon as reach his marriage:Uned Methodist lears propose spltg church over gay marriage tensnsIn a rare move, McNally left his speaker's chair Tuday to bate the legislatn on the floor, argug that Tennsee has already implemented strong relig eedom protectns. Siar legislatn passed last year both Kansas and state attorney general termed 2007 that there was no prohibn Tennsee statut agast gay and lbian upl adoptg Sanrs, executive director of the Tennsee Equaly Project, says the legislatn is "not motivated by the welfare of children, " but rather by a "sire to discrimate. "I don’t thk a gay uple is the bt environment for children, " said Hensley, who is a member of the Church of God, a Pentestal nomatn.
"That’s not the bt suatn for children, but I try to make the bt of , " Hensley said when asked about beg a sgle parent to adopted said the legislatn still would not prevent gay upl om g secular child-placement groups, but would merely prevent relig anizatns om beg forced to act nflict wh their beliefs.