Sentences with phrase «parent were gay»

But if a prospective adoptive parent were gay, and the judge knew this fact, there would be no analysis.

An inquest has heard how a 14 - year - old girl committed suicide, because she was afraid to tell her Christian parents she was gay.

According to news reports, the Thai woman didn't realize that the intended parents were a gay couple, and Thailand's law states that when a single woman delivers a baby, she is by default the only legal guardian.

Dr. Perrin noted that despite these barriers, there is a growing number of children whose parents are gay, reflecting a rapidly changing legal and social climate for prospective gay and lesbian parents.

Fortunately, there is a body of Florida case law which stands for the proposition that the mere fact that a parent is gay can not affect that parent's custody rights.

Sometimes LGBT youth are abandoned by their families, or they run away from home because they feel unwelcome or abused after telling their parents they're gay.

Though, in determining child custody matters, a Florida judge must take into consideration the «moral fitness» of the parents (see Florida Statutes Section 61.13 (3)(f)-RRB-, the court may not make a custody determination based solely on whether a parent is gay.

Not exact matches

While their story of being «accidental gay parents» drew the attention of international media, they decided to expand their family by having their first biological child together.

The Late Show host also spoke to Cook about his decision last year to publicly announce that he is gay, as well as the Apple CEO's efforts to increase the company's charitable works: «It became so clear to me that kids were getting bullied in school, kids were getting discriminated against, kids were even being [disowned] by their own parents,» Cook said.

Both have been the objects of gay boycotts, Coors for its past support of antigay causes and Miller for parent company Philip Morris's political donations to conservative senator Jesse Helms.

Two days after a mass shooting in an Orlando gay nightclub raised concerns about home - grown terrorism, a two - year - old boy visiting Disney's Grand Floridian Resort with his parents was snatched by an alligator while playing in the lagoon.

Liberal MLA Mary Polak (Langley) was instrumental as a Surrey School Board trustee in banning gay - positive books from Surrey Schools: The book ban was later struck down by the Supreme Court of Canada which said «instead of proceeding on the basis of respect for all types of families, the Board proceeded on an exclusionary philosophy, acting on the concern of certain parents about the morality of same - sex relationships, without considering the interest of same - sex parented families and the children who belong to them in receiving equal recognition and respect in the school system.»

The bill would protect the privacy of students who decide to participate in a student - organized Gay - Straight Alliance and prevent those students to be outed to their parents by teachers or school administrators.

New Democrats feel their best shot at re-election cuts a straight path through Kenney's social values, policies and past comments against same - sex marriage and abortion, as well as his more recent comments that parents ought to be informed that their kids are in school gay - straight alliances.

But the next time you see a gay or lesbian person and think to yourself, «They are sinful, they are lost, they are wrong, or they are an abomination...» understand that you may very well be speaking about your own partner, your own child, your own parent or brother or sister... and you don't even know it yet!

On the contrary, the scientific research that has directly compared outcomes for children with gay and lesbian parents with outcomes for children with heterose xual parents has consistently shown that the former are as fit and capable as the latter and that their children are as psychologically healthy and well adjusted as children reared by heterose xual parents... mama k

Yeh, we saw how wonderful Christians were, when they stood in long lines at Chick - Fil - A to punish the gay parents of children.

The biggest embarrassment came when we discovered that sections of the extended intervention into the French debate about gay marriage and adoption by Grand Rabbi of France Giles Bernheim, «Homosexual Marriage, Parenting, and Adoption,» were plagiarized.

A Christian magistrate who was sacked after opposing adoption by gay parents on national television is... More

Also, I know plenty of gays and lesbians and not a one came from gay parents... so the fence is a very ignorant idea.

Study's have shown that gay couples make excellent parents and I'm sure the study's would show the same for polygamist family's as well (as long as they are not forcing underage children to participate).

The experts have stated that social science has shown that the concerns often raised about children of lesbian and gay parents — concerns that are generally grounded in prejudice against and stereotypes about gay people — are unfounded.

Gay and lesbian couples should be supported in their role as parents, whether their children come from previous heterosexual relationships, adoption or artificial insemination.

The parents of a person diagnosed with AIDS usually find out all at once that their son is terminally ill, that he has AIDS, and that he is gay.

The extension arguement to this than is, do these same - sex parents not influence their child towards «being» gay?

«Celebrities offer a myriad of different «takes» on what is possible in consumer culture,» he writes, «representing different ways to be a woman, to be black, to be old, to be faithful, to be gay, to be a parent, to be unfaithful, to be a loser, to fail.

In many cases, however, neither parent is aware, at least consciously, that their son is gay.

Our entire society groans while we wait for just and compassionate laws that will respond to the need: according to recent American Bar Association statistics, the U.S. is home to between 6 and 10 million children of gay, lesbian or bisexual parents.

I've questioned you about how you would handle it if a parent told you they thought their child was gay - you claim it would never happen but yet you admit to believing that LGBT is a choice.

Half of gay males experience a negative reaction from parents when they come out, and in 26 % of those cases, the gay child is thrown out of the home.

There are, of course, concerns that this knowledge could be used by parents who want to avoid gay offspring, Rice said, but that concern already exists around certain hormonal conditions in utero, which are known to contribute to an increased chance of offspring being lesbians.

How can a Christian parent throw their very own child to the wolves because they're gay?

The hypothesis could be tested by examining epigenetic marks in parents of kids with gay versus straight offspring, Rice said.

Hom0s3xuallity, did you consider that gays was brought by parents or influences to a child at an early age?

With this in mind, Justin lists five things Christian parents often say upon learning that their child is gay, and why they don't help:

As parents have been conceiving gay children since the beginning of time.

For more from Christian parents of LGBT folks, check out Liz Dyer's wonderful blog, PFLAG and Susan Cottrell's book, Mom, I'm Gay.

Anyone who is gay or loves someone who is gay really must read for themselves the story of Justin's coming out to his parents.

On the contrary, the scientific research that has directly compared outcomes for children with gay and lesbian parents with outcomes for children with heterosexual parents has consistently shown that the former are as fit and capable as the latter and that their children are as psychologically healthy and well adjusted as children reared by heterosexual parents.

Explains Justin, «When parents tell their kids that they must not be gay because they're not like the negative images in their parents» heads, it doesn't change their kids» understanding of themselves as gay.

I know of a father who, though he had once been convinced parents of LGBT children should «hand them over to Satan» as recommended by John MacAruthur, just marched in his first pride parade right alongside his gay son.

Assertions that heterosexual couples are inherently better parents than same sex couples, or that the children of lesbian or gay parents fare worse than children of heterosexual parents, have no support in the scientific research literature.

We were able to embrace him as the loved son he always was and will be... I am sad that he struggled so many years with the dread of rejection of us as his parents and held the «secret» of being gay for way too long.

And when it comes to «family values,» we're weary of battles to «protect» marriage from gay couples, when so many young evangelicals have grown up in broken homes, witnessing our parents divorce and remarry at rates just as high as in the non-evangelical world (more than 33 % of marriages among born - again Christians end in divorce, the same as in the general population).

«You're not like those people» — For many parents, the only thing they know about homosexuality is what they know from gay pride parades or stories of lewd, immoral behavior.

I think it's great that we have such an amazing president, one who can actually see past religious dogma and can stand up to an entire country and say «Gay men are parents too and they should be recognized as such!»

«He doesn't have an actual category of gay parents in the project that you can isolate and say the most important thing in this kid's childhood is that they were raised by gay parents,» Stacey told LiveScience.

I think it is safe to say that most parents should be damned to let gays have a say in what is moral... or what their kids should be exposed to.

Doomsdayers aren't hurting Christianity, Mr Jeffres, as much as people like you are; you stole books from the Wichita Falls public library because they were trying to teach the children of gay people that their parents might be normal, loving human beings, and you accompanied it with a media campaign that raised $ 1 million that same year for your church through bigoted, close - minded sermons.

There are folks out there that truly believe we should stone to death all adulterers, gays, and children who are disrespectful to their parents (not sure what the age of accountability is on that one).