Add to ORKGThis Just In piece reporting that the Maine Law Court last week ruled unanimously that same-sex couples can legally adopt children in Maine. The ruling allows Ann Courtney and Marilyn Kirby of Portland to form a permanent, legal parental relationship with their two foster children. Until last week, gays and lesbians could adopt in Maine, but only as single parents. With comments on the implications of the ruling by Betsy Smith, executive director of Equality Maine
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Concerned Maine Families yesterday announced that it has gathered 67,000 petition signatures, more t...
Historically, most of the legal obstacles faced by gay couples hoping to expand their families throu...
Using data from the U.S. Census Bureau, this report provides demographic and economic information ab...
This Just In piece reporting that the Maine Law Court last week ruled unanimously that same-sex cou...
In Adoption of M.A., the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, sitting as the Law Court, held that an unmar...
With the major judicial holding of Obergefell v. Hodges, the Supreme Court of the United States lega...
In the 2012 state elections, Maine, Maryland, and Washington voters elected to legalize same-sex mar...
Cover Story piece on gay people who know that if they want to adopt a child in Maine, they often ha...
Maine Won\u27t Discriminate miscalculated in placing its hopes on urban liberals to prevent voter ap...
The number of unwed parents in Maine seeking custody of children increased from 1,300 a year to 1,60...
Maine voters next month will consider a people\u27s veto referendum on the state\u27s new gay-rights...
Newsreal piece on Portland\u27s gay-rights ordinance, which is threatened by a proposed referendum ...
Although there is not a published opinion addressing same-sex couple adoption in Georgia, it is curr...
While national attention has focused on the recent Supreme Court decision, Obergefell v. Hodges, whi...
In 2017, the Supreme Court ruled in Pavan v. Smith that states must allow married same-sex couples t...
Concerned Maine Families yesterday announced that it has gathered 67,000 petition signatures, more t...
Historically, most of the legal obstacles faced by gay couples hoping to expand their families throu...
Using data from the U.S. Census Bureau, this report provides demographic and economic information ab...