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27 November 2012
UKIP ‘not against gay adoption’ says London chairman 89 UKIP’s London Regional Chairman David Coburn has criticised the party’s candidate for the North Croydon By-election after he said gay couples adopting amounted to child abuse.
26 November 2012
UKIP Culture Spokesman: Same-sex adoption is ‘child abuse’ 64 Just hours after reports that a UKIP candidate spoke out saying he believed gay people should not be allowed to adopt, he has gone one step further, to say that same-sex adoption is the same as "child abuse".
26 November 2012
UKIP By-election candidate: Gay people should not be allowed to adopt 123 Winston McKenzie, the UK Independence Party’s candidate for the Croydon North By-election and former X Factor hopeful, believes gay people should not be allowed to adopt children.
7 November 2012
France unveils same-sex marriage bill 15 French President Francois Hollande’s government has approved a bill to legalise equal marriage and allow gay couples to adopt.
5 November 2012
Video: UK same-sex parenting campaign film launched 11 A new film, highlighting the discrimination faced by same-sex parents, has been launched to coincide with the UK’s National Adoption Week.
2 November 2012
UK: Catholic adoption charity loses anti-gay legal appeal 35 Catholic Care has lost its latest appeal in its fight to be allowed to prevent gay couples from using its adoption services.
28 October 2012
Northern Ireland Health minister criticised by Greens over gay adoption appeal 15 Speaking at his party’s conference, Northern Ireland Green Party leader Steven Agnew said Edwin Poots was "unfit for office" over his decision to challenge a senior judge’s ruling on adoption rights for couples in civil partnerships.
24 October 2012
Northern Ireland attorney general isolated over gay adoption + The UK Government is seeking to distance itself from Northern Ireland Attorney General John Larkin’s decision to intervene in a European court case involving gay adoption laws.
18 October 2012
Northern Ireland Health minister to challenge gay adoption ruling 35 Northern Ireland Health Minister Edwin Poots has announced he will challenge a landmark ruling to overturn the ban that prevents gay couples in civil partnerships from adopting in the country.
18 October 2012
Northern Ireland gay adoption ban ruled unlawful 12 The ban preventing gay couples in civil partnerships and unmarried straight couples from adopting children in Northern Ireland has been deemed unlawful, a High Court judge has ruled.
18 October 2012
UK: Equal marriage film director turns his attention to same-sex parenting 11 Film director Mike Buonaiuto, whose equal marriage film Homecoming became a huge online success, has now turned his attention to the issue of same-sex parenting.
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.
13 September 2012
UK Catholic adoption charity resumes anti-gay legal fight 49 Catholic Care’s latest appeal in its ongoing campaign to be allowed to prevent gay couples from using its adoption services has begun at the Upper Tribunal in central London.
12 September 2012
France moves closer towards equal marriage and same-sex adoption rights 22 The French government has confirmed plans to introduce equal marriage and adoption rights for same-sex couples.
5 September 2012
Minnesota: Gay parenting study becomes focal point of anti equality campaign 15 An anti marriage equality group have used a recent study, which investigated the mental health of adults raised by same-sex and opposite-sex couples, which suggested children of the former have more problems in their adult life, to push for equal marriage bans, ahead of November's election.
3 July 2012
French gay couples to get marriage and adoption rights in 2013 27 France's prime minister Jean-Marc Ayrault told parliament today that gay couples will be permitted to marry and adopt children in 2013.
26 March 2012
Gay adoption law is rejected in Slovenian referendum 13 A national referendum in Slovenia has rejected a new family law that included a clause to allow same-sex couples to adopt children under certain circumstances.
22 March 2012
Northern Ireland Attorney General: Ban on gay adoption will remain 37 There are no plans to retract the ban on gay and unmarried couples from adopting children in Northern Ireland, the country’s Attorney General has said.
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.
12 January 2012
Potential parents invited to UK’s first gay adoption week 6 Gay men and women across the UK are being invited to attend an event in the country’s first-ever LGBT Adoption and Fostering Week, from 20 to 26 February.

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