Tag Archives: Adoption

Here Come the Social Issues

Posted on January 30, 2014 by David

Question: Does Victoria Cobb have dementia, or does she just believe that other Virginians do? In an email she sent us this week, with the actual subject line “Here Come the Social Issues,” the Virginia Family (not yours) Foundation president … Continue reading →

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Bob Marshall chooses personal prejudice over children. Is anyone surprised?

Posted on April 5, 2011 by David

It’s not enough for Bob Marshall that same sex couples have to move outside the state temporarily in order for both to be adoptive parents – in Virginia, second parent adoption or adoption by unmarried couples is illegal, so we … Continue reading →

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The kind of monster our AG would listen to

Posted on May 13, 2010 by David

As noted in the previous post, George “Rentboy” Rekers provided his “expertise” in the Florida case that resulted in the overturning of that state’s odious anti-gay adoption law – the law that was the model for a bill in Virginia … Continue reading →

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The George Rekers connection

Posted on May 12, 2010 by David

Naturally, it has to do with those peas in an odd pod Dick Black and Ken Cuccinelli. In case you’ve been under a rock: George Rekers, who had made a lucrative career of anti-gay activism until discovered returning from a … Continue reading →

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Florida adoption ban overturned

Posted on November 26, 2008 by David

The Florida law that states “No person eligible to adopt under this statute may adopt if that person is a homosexual” was overturned Tuesday, insuring that two young children will have a permanent home with the only family they have … Continue reading →

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Sky not falling; tape at 11

Posted on July 6, 2007 by David

Ah, nostalgia. This post, from immediately after last year’s passage of the Virginia so-called “marriage amendment,” generated the following comment from occasional reader Sophrosyne (she of the relentless posting of gauzy heterosexual wedding photos): If the tide was turning your … Continue reading →

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U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Appeal in Custody Case

Posted on April 30, 2007 by David

From Equality Virginia: (Richmond, April 30) ““ Today, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal in a two-state custody case between a former lesbian couple. Lisa Miller, a woman living in Virginia and claiming to be “ex-gay,” filed the appeal … Continue reading →

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