Cracked open ye olde family Bible, and had an awful time finding a scripture that demonstrated Jesus expelling or excluding children. Also failed to find examples of Jesus holding children accountable for offenses their parents committed (if homosexuality is to be defined as an offense). I was however,...

(AP) — A bitter separation between North Carolina’s first openly gay lawmaker and her former domestic partner is converging into a defining case on whether same-sex couples in the state are allowed to adopt. North Carolina’s Supreme Court said last week it will hear arguments in the...

Cate and Elizabeth Wirth only wanted to volunteer with Boy Scouts and participate in the organization with their 10-year-old. But things didn’t work out as planned or hoped. The Wirths were rejected as volunteers for their son’s troop. An official suggested the lesbian couple would “push their...

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Gay residents in Florida are bracing for a court ruling on the state’s gay adoption ban that is expected to arrive on a Wednesday in the near future. The U.S. court of appeals for the third circuit in Miami will rule on whether the gay adoption ban is constitutional. The case involves Martin Gill,...

A Santa Cruz court is slated to hear a custody dispute between former lesbian partners in which the biological mother has become romantically involved with the sperm donor father of her 10-month-old twins. Kim T. Smith of Santa Cruz has sued for joint custody of the twins, saying she and former partner...

“I’m pretty sure my son is gay. But I’m not sure what to do. Should I be doing anything? Should I ask him?” The world today is a far more welcoming place for gay teens than it was a couple of generations – or even a couple of decades – ago. But it is still very difficult. “Gay” – like...

Utah Rep. Christine Johnson Rep. Christine Johnson is not embarrassed to say it: She is moving a lounging sofa into her office for needed breaks this legislative session, and she will be carrying snacks with her around the Capitol. The lesbian lawmaker, a Salt Lake City Democrat, is 16 weeks pregnant,...

A Vermont couple whose son has been a cub scout for years were told they may not volunteer for the troupe because the organization, they were told, doesn’t want them, “pushing your lifestyle on the boys.” Elizabeth and Cate Wirth say that although their son Dylan has been a Cub Scout for...

So many gay couples today have kids that it has become a cultural phenomenon – there’s even a new TV show about a modern family that includes a gay couple with an adopted baby. One in five male couples and one in three lesbian couples were raising children as of the 2000 Census. That’s...