Sentences with phrase «including same sex»

For a custodial adoption (including same sex adopting parents), the adopting parent (s) must have been awarded allocation of parental responsibilities (custody) or guardianship (in probate Court) of the child, and must have cared for the child for at least one year before filing for an adoption.

MWSE has an individualized approach to volunteer as well as court ordered clientele who are struggling with addiction, domestic violence both victim and reactive including same sex partnerships, anger management, couples, driving under the influence education and therapy groups with enhanced and intensive outpatient, anger management and substance abuse, relapse prevention, evaluations for mental health issues, anger management, substance abuse as well as dual diagnosis and couples treatment.

The right is available to the pregnant woman's husband, civil partner or partner (including same sex partners), the father or parent of the pregnant woman's child, and intended parents in a surrogacy situation who meet specified conditions.

Good with most dogs, including same sex and smaller size.

She's pleased that she is given many families to consider, including same sex couples.

The first is from a document snappily entitled «Declaration of the Pontifical Council for the Family regarding the Resolution of the European Parliament dated March 16, 2000, making de facto unions, including same sex unions, equal to the family»:....

Not exact matches

Following milestone achievements in gay rights including same - sex marriage becoming legal nationwide in 2015, transgender rights have become an increasingly contentious issue in the United States.

Chevy's ad was a stirring celebration of the American family in all its modern forms, including ones with same - sex parents.

Recent examples include Chick - fil - A for its stated company - wide stance on same sex marriage, BP for the oil catastrophe in the Gulf and American Apparel for using Hurricane Sandy to promote sales.

Cabinet ministers have been at odds over policy, including citizenship laws, the national vote on same - sex marriage and competition reform, as well as being left out of the decision loop on a series of «captain's picks» by the prime minister.

That includes spouses, same - sex domestic partners, kids (under a certain age), and even parents.

He has consulted on same - sex marriage cases in numerous states, including Georgia.

The eHarmony data I used is incomplete: It includes no gay couples, because eHarmony does not make same - sex matches on its main site.

The leadership contestants intend this sabre - thrusting to hearken back to Alberta's pre-NDP glory days, when former premier Peter Lougheed declared unholy war against a different Trudeau's National Energy Program, and throttled oil shipments to eastern Canada; and when Ralph Klein routinely clashed with Ottawa and other provinces, including on same - sex marriage and limits to private health care.

It's available to all two - parent families, including adoptive and same - sex couples.

This would mean repealing anti-sodomy laws, permitting homosexuals to serve in the military on the same terms as heterosexuals, including lessons about homosexuality in public school sex - education programs, and legalizing homosexual marriage and divorce.

I think we are too quick to depersonalize this and miss that we are talking about complex individuals who are trying to figure out, like all of us, what it means to be made in the image and likeness of God and yet have a whole intact personal identity which can include same - sex attraction.

In fact, he maintains that Rawlsian principles, rigorously and consistently applied, forbid the re-definition of civil marriage to include same - sex partnerships.

In 1997, Cardinal William Levada of San Francisco was faced with a city ordinance requiring his diocese to extend spousal benefits to «domestic partnerships,» which explicitly included same - sex couples.

Seattle's ceremony included 133 couples, who walked outside and down rain - slickened steps afterwards, where they were greeted by cheers, confetti and a brass band celebrating the first day same - sex couples could marry in Washington.

[There was] passion in the room to be talking about this subject and for those living with same sex attraction, to be welcoming, to be grace filled, to be including!»

We can apply the same principle to any other action we like including sex.

The Liberty Counsel, which also opposes it, told World Net Daily, «This bill would also make it unlawful for any person to sell books, including the Bible, counseling services, or anything else that directs people to trust in Jesus Christ to help them overcome unwanted same - sex attraction or gender confusion.»

The news of including teaching about same - sex relationships has not gone down well with those who consider sexuality a moral issue which parents will have different views on.

New proposals will likely include more education on transgenderism and same - sex relationships as well as changes to include teaching about the dangers of pornography and sexting.

JTA: Hollande Meets With Chief Rabbi on Gay Marriage President Francois Hollande met with local religious leaders, including the country's chief rabbi, Gilles Bernheim, to hear their views on same - sex marriages.

In European Union law, civil law of most member states and judge - made law in the United States, the right to marry has been «modernized» so as to include partnerships and same - sex unions.

And yet, if same - sex marriage is to be truly equal to natural marriage in the eyes of society and the law, then all the rights and privileges of marriage — including those involving the procreation and rearing of children — must in principle belong to both kinds of marriage, irrespective of the motives impelling a couple toward marriage or whether, once married, they exercise these rights and privileges.

The past decade has seen a rapid transformation in public opinion and legal norms around sexuality, same - sex marriage, transgender rights, and religion in the public square — changes that have caused anxiety for a great number of traditional religious believers, including Christians, Muslims, and Orthodox Jews.

Most New Testament books, including the four Gospels, are silent on same - sex acts, and Paul is the only author who makes any reference to the subject.

It places the principle into law that if justice requires redefining marriage to include the same - sex couple, so too it could one day demand recognizing the «throuple» and quartet.

After articulating this vision of sexuality and the human person, the catechesis treats the more controversial topics, including contraception, divorce, and same - sex marriage.

So, many of my arguments on this particular subject have been efforts on my part to get clear about what the expansion of the concept of marriage to include same - sex unions will mean for the social fabric.

And all loving and committed relationships should be honored and protected in the bounds of marriage: same sex included.

In a statement, it outlined its issue with Bishop Alan: «The continued failure to admonish the Bishop of Buckingham, despite his refusal to uphold the teaching of the Church and guidance of the House on matters of sexuality, whilst also allowing him, without criticism, repeatedly to describe Conservative Evangelicals as homophobic, including those who themselves experience same - sex attraction but seek to live celibate, God - honouring lives.»

We believe in the right of self - determination on the part of clients, including their right to seek therapeutic help for management of same - sex attractions.

Hatmaker's fans include women who celebrate her decision to affirm same - sex marriage, as well as many who are, in her words, «angry or shocked or confused» by it.

The goal is to get everyone on the same page, to come up with one consistent, coherent, and comprehensive «biblical worldview» so that we can confidently proclaim that God indeed has an opinion about everything, including politics, economics, theology, science, and sex.

Calling both relationships the same thing renders the differences between the two types of relationships meaningless including an opposite sex couple's ability to create new life.

It also says that pupils with same - sex or trans parents, those who have LGBT + family members and those who may identify as LGBT + should feel included and find relationships education helpful.

Teachers are subject to the Education Act (1996), which says they should promote marriage — and that now includes same - sex marriage.

«DOMA instructs all federal officials, and indeed all persons with whom same - sex couples interact, including their own children, that their marriage is less worthy than the marriages of others,» Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote for the court.

So, they are willing to overlook our «sin», to look past the «evil» of our relationships and put other things, including relationships, before our same - sex behaviour.

Also, throughout nature, fully 8 % of the animal kingdom is * exclusively * same - sex oriented, including examples among male bighorn sheep, black swans, lions, giraffes, and hundreds of species.

Two groups of prominent religious liberty scholars (one led by Robin Fretwell Wilson, the other by Douglas Laycock) have written letters (such as this one from Wilson's group) to state legislators and governors considering same - sex marriage bills, imploring them to include various statutory provisions that would afford some protection to religious freedom.

It is only in light of the God - given human dignity of all that we can understand the great sadness and tragedy of the gay lifestyle and the homosexualist agenda, including same - sex marriage.

And although I profoundly disagree with his support of same sex marriage I have defended him many times — including on television and on this blog.

12) It is therefore right that public policy should encourage the well - being of the natural family unit and discourage activities that fundamentally undermine it, including sexual activities; fornication, for example, whether inter-sex or same - sex, ought to be discouraged in a manner respectful of individual freedom and responsibility.

Wesley runs through several options, including same - sex relationships (which he believes are a violation of God's design), mixed orientation marriages (which he believes may work in some cases, but probably not his own), and celibacy.

«The bottom line is that including a statement in a church's bylaws defining marriage may be of some help should the church's tax exemptions be challenged, or if the church is sued for violating a public accommodations law due to its refusal to host same - sex marriages, but it is no guaranty of protection.»