Articles about Adoption Rights

17 May 2013
Portugal: Parliament grants same-sex couples some adoption rights 2 The Portuguese Parliament on Friday passed a bill to offer some adoption and fostering rights to same-sex couples.
22 April 2013
France: National Assembly speaker urged to delay equal marriage vote in ammunition powder letter 37 National Assembly Speaker Claude Bartolone has received an envelope containing ammunition powder and a threatening letter calling on him to delay France's equal marriage vote.
9 April 2013
Australia: Tasmanian parliament advances bill to allow equal adoption + The Lower House of the Tasmanian parliament today resoundingly supported the advancement of legislation which would remove the ban on same-sex adoption.
4 April 2013
France: Same-sex marriage bill reaches Senate 5 The French Senate will debate the country’s proposed same-sex marriage bill today.
19 February 2013
European Court of Human Rights rules that Austria’s adoption laws discriminated against lesbian couple 7 A lesbian couple in Austria have won an ECHR case in which they claimed that adoption laws in their home country discriminated against them.
30 January 2013
Lynette Burrows: Children should be with straight ‘sluts and drug addicts’ rather than ‘sodomites’ 156 Lynette Burrows' speech against the motion "This house would be happy to have gay parents" given at the Oxford Union earlier this month.
22 January 2013
France: Karl Lagerfeld supports equal marriage with lesbian brides at couture show 1 Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld has used his lastest fashion show to support equal marriage amidst divides across France on the issue.
18 November 2012
France: Thousands protest against equal marriage and adoption rights for gay couples 61 Thousands of people have taken to the streets of several French cities to protest against the country's recently approved bill which would allow equal marriage and adoption rights for same-sex couples.
7 October 2012
France: More officials speak out against equal marriage 7 The prospect of new legislation allowing gay people in France to marry and adopt has been met with opposition from religious groups as well as several mayors who have spoken out in opposition to the idea.
20 January 2012
Virginia gay adoption battle kicks off 1 At the General Assembly in Richmond, Virginia, a battle is heating up over whether adoption agencies should be allowed to discriminate against prospective parents based on their sexual orientation.
8 January 2010
Portugal votes to legalise gay marriage 30 Portugal's parliament today voted to legalise marriage for gays and lesbians.
28 September 2009
Equal adoption rights for Scottish gay couples begin today 4 From today, gay and unmarried couples in Scotland will now have the same adoption rights as straight married couples.

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