Sentences with phrase «number of gay couples»

The exact number of gay couples who have adopted is unknown, perhaps due to the fact that society still seems to harbor a certain fear regarding gay parenting.

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We are talking about adoption agencies being required to assign children to gay couples, colleges and universities being required to offer same - sex couples access to married housing, and any number of similar scenarios revolving around perceived discrimination against gays and lesbians.»

Yo moron, read number 23 they were worshiping a pagan god using sex it has NOTHING to do with a long term loving relationship of a gay couple as we know and understand it today.

Gay couples have been getting married in quite a number of Christian and other churches in the states where it has been legal.

If you factor in the ending of gay and lesbian relationships (since such couples can't be legally married, they can't be legally divorced and thus don't get counted in these statistics), as well as committed but unmarried heterosexual couples, the numbers grow... more

And yet even though the number of states allowing gays to adopt a baby has nearly tripled over six years, for many same sex couples hopeful adoptive couples such as Matthew and Trey there's still a long way to go.

There are a number of other countries which have stopped short of allowing gay marriage but have introduced civil unions or registered partnerships for same - sex couples.

Moreover, as Professor Leslie Green shown in a recent programme at the British Academy (Gay Marriage: Prospects and Realities, 29 May 2012), marriage offers a number of advantages not offered by same - sex civil partnerships, including portability of status, a broader understanding of the couple's status, as well as the potential for religious recognition, depending upon the religious group involved.

Still, same - sex marriage and LGBT issues in general have not received much oxygen this election cycle, despite President Obama say this summer he now favored marriage rights for gay couples and a record number of gay and lesbian candidates running for public office.

PFLAG, the Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays organization from Upstate South California, claims that the number of registered online dating couples looking to bring someone new into the bedroom in North America has doubled in the last 5 years.

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With the growing numbers of gay fathers in our society, research suggests that they are likely to divide the work involved in child care relatively evenly and that they are happy with their couple relationships, and that gay men make perfectly fit parents.

A number of male same - sex couples have been attacked in NYC while holding hands, some even in broad daylight in areas of the city known to be gay - friendly.

Once a gay or lesbian couple successfully adopts a child, they will often still face a number of challenges that do not come up for straight parents.

Therapy work with gay and lesbian couples requires additional expertise beyond that normally required for heterosexual couples, as gay and lesbian couples face a number of additional stressors, different developmental processes, and more developed skills from the therapist.

If you factor in the ending of gay and lesbian relationships (since such couples can't be legally married, they can't be legally divorced and thus don't get counted in these statistics), as well as committed but unmarried heterosexual couples, the numbers grow... more