Gay And Lesbian Lifestyles

Ellen Kahn is interviewing the author of Families Like Mine. The author Abigail Garner had a father that was gay and Ellen is a lesbian with children. I have read the book and found it to be very inspirational and is a great read. The book says it all. Listen to the interview and hear what the author has to say to you about children of gay parents. It tells a story about how children handle their parents being gay and what can happen as they grow up. The author has some words that everyone should hear. Please listen and feel free to comment what you think about this interview.

One gay couple’s journey to adopt a child.

Gay issues do not just affect the GLBT community they affect everyone. You cannot turn your back on what has become of this country and the world. Gay persons are discriminated against every day. They are forbid to wed, adopt and live a peaceful life. Why you might ask? The answer is simple, they enjoy the company of the same sex. There are people that think that this is wrong and try to make this an issue.

What can be done about the gay issues? The first thing that needs to be done is for people to stop thinking that being gay is wrong. It is not wrong. Gay people are no different from you and me. They eat, drinking, work, breathe and yes they do make awesome parents. Do gay people deserve to marry and adopt children?

Yes they do. Everyone deserves the right to enjoy the company of someone they love. Everyone deserves the right to marry and commit to someone they love. Everyone deserves the right to raise children to love, respect and accept everyone for who they are and not what they think they should be.

Will there ever come a day when gay persons are allowed to marry and adopt children? Yes, because some time down the road, people are going to find something else that they feel is different from what they like and move on. They will give up there flight to ban same sex marriages and gay adoptions because they will find something or someone else to discriminate against.

From the sounds of it, they may have a new project already. They do not like having a black President or a Democrat for President. I predict that this is the next discrimination project on their list of to do’s.

Californians voted against same sex marriage and won. The case is still in limbo while the courts sort everything out and hear from both sides.

Arkansas has passed a law banning single parent adoptions meaning gay couples can no longer adopt a child.

Florida’s gay couple won the right to adopt a 14-year-old boy that has been in their custody for many years.

Ellen Degeneres got married to long time girlfriend Portia De Rossi.

Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon are first lesbian couple to marry in California after the court overturned the ban. They were together for 5 years. Del Martin died a few months later.

Florida passed a ban on same sex marriages and the language will stop it from being overruled by the courts.

Demonstrations erupt in California after the ban on same sex marriages passes.

Mormon Church sent a white powder as a scare tactic. No one was found to have sent the envelope.

Two women in West Virginia have cared for this drug-addicted baby since her birth. They were qualified for being foster parents and were able to bring this little girl and raise her for an entire year. One of the women was a foster parent for another girl, petitioned the court to adopt her, and was granted that request.

Now the baby is another story. They have granted a temporary stay and the baby will stay with the two women until an appeal judge gives a verdict.

They love the baby. Have taken care of this baby since birth with all of its health problems, but they are not good enough to be parents. Someone is on drugs if you ask me.

How can anyone take a baby away from the only family it has ever known and loved? But at the same time allow one of the women to adopt an older girl. Our system needs an overhaul don’t you think?

California is not the only place you will find protests these days. It seems that every state that banned something that affects gay persons has its own issues. Redefining marriage and adoptions is only part of the problem. It is time to educate people all over the world. It is time for these people to understand that you cannot control someone’s life by taking away their rights.

Look at things around the world. It is not going to end because someone wants to deny people their rights. This is just going to make the country at odds with each other. It is time for change. The world is changing and starting to move forward, but every time someone allows a vote on someone’s right to marry or adopt, they are trying to set the country back.

One has to look at the big picture. Banning gay marriages and adoptions is not going to stop there. People are allowed to vote on your right to smoke. People are allowed to vote on whether you can consider hate crimes criminal. People are allowed to vote on gun laws. It seems that the constitution is going to be rewritten soon. It will have to reflect the way we live instead of the rights that we should have.

Now that gay adoptions are banned in Arkansas and Florida and Arizona has a ban on gay marriages, California gay marriages look grim, equality for all is gone. It is a sad time for gays and everyone in the country. If you can allow people to vote on the happiness of others then you will have people trying to take the rights of others away as well.

Gay marriage bans are bad enough, but then you ban gay adoptions and hurt children that that a gay person or couples would adopt. Now you have taken away their hope of having a family. America citizens that voted against single and gay adoptions will only have to blame yourselves when these children grow up and seek revenge on you for taking away their right to have a parent and a home.

Banning gay adoptions wasn’t enough for you, so you sought to ban gay marriages as well. Now you are saying that the eighteen thousand marriages in California are illegal. That is a load of crap. Those marriages were preformed before the eyes of the American people and they are legal no matter what you ban in the state. These people were married by officials and have been married and living a married life. If you try to dissolve their marriages because of the ban, you are not only taking away their rights, you are telling them that it is okay to marry and have the people decide if your marriage is good or not.

Do you want people to look at your marriage and say if it is good or not. If you have a shameful marriage, then it should be dissolved as well. This means that if a spouse has ever cheated, you must divorce because the marriage is no good, it is against the writings in that book you preach about.

Equality is now a thing of the past. Our fore fathers are rolling over in their graves at the shameful way people try to prevent everyone from having the same equal rights that they fought so hard for.

Electing Obama was a step forward, but banning gay marriages and gay adoptions was three steps backwards. No wonder our country is a shambled mess. Now, if gay persons cannot have the same rights as everyone else, they should not have to pay taxes as well. They owe the government nothing. The government gets nothing because these citizens are not a part of the country. If they were they would have the same rights as everyone else.

Florida has become the 27th state to ban gay marriages and civil unions. This is sad because the people were allowed to take away the rights of some. This means that the country has taken one step forward with electing an African American President, but three steps backwards by taking away the right of gay persons to live life as others do.

Arkansas has passed a bill that will not allow single persons to adopt, which means that gay adoptions are banned. What will happen to the children that need homes? The children are going to suffer and the American people in Arkansas felt this was okay. What kind of person wants to hurt the children? Monsters hurt children that need loving homes.

Arizona voters have vote for a ban on gay marriages. They join Florida in taking away the rights of gay persons in that state. This is such a sad day when no one can open their eyes and see that they are dictating the rights of some while others can have rights.

VOTE NO Tomorrow in Florida, California and Arkansas and anywhere else that is trying to take away rights of anyone. You could be next if you allow it just one time.

If you are old enough to vote then you have to really consider your actions tomorrow when you go to the polls to vote. The first thing you have to do is vote for the president of the United States for the next four years. Think about this carefully and make the right choice and not the gender or race choice. I think you know who will make the best President.

Next, if you live in any state that has a proposition or amendment to ban single or gay adoption, VOTE NO. If the state you live in wants to ban gay marriages or civil unions, VOTE NO.

Even if you do not agree with gay people, you have to vote according to the constitution, which says that everyone should be treated equally and have the same rights as all. Taking away the rights of some can only lead to rights of others being taken away in the future.

The country has come this far and allows woman to vote and work. It allows African Americans to vote and not be held in slavery. Are you willing to move the country backwards and take away the rights of some because supposedly the bible tells you so?

Alabama does allow gay adoption and in some areas of the state, the second gay parent can adopt as well. The state does not specifically ban joint adoptions by same sex partners.

Alaska does allow gay adoption and in some areas of the state, the second gay parent can adopt as well. The state does not specifically ban joint adoptions by same sex partners.

Arizona does allow gay adoption and in some areas of the state, the second gay parent can adopt as well. The state does not specifically ban joint adoptions by same sex partners.

Arkansas has a vote on the ballot that would prohibit single parents from adopting children thus banning gay adoption because gay marriages are not allowed in the state. As of right now, the law in Arkansas is not clear on single adoption thus the vote on November 4.

California does allow joint and single parent adoptions by anyone one regardless of sexual preference. Joint adoptions are allowed.

Colorado does allow same sex couples to adopt as well as individuals or grandparents that help raise the child.

Connecticut does allow joint and single parent adoptions by anyone one regardless of sexual preference. Joint adoptions are allowed.

Delaware does allow gay adoptions and in some areas second parent adoptions. The law is not clear on joint adoptions being banned in the state.

District of Columbia does allow joint and single parent adoptions by anyone one regardless of sexual preference. Joint adoptions are allowed.

Florida does not allow gay adoption, but does have a amendment on the ballot to make sure this law stays intact.

Georgia does allow joint and single parent adoptions by anyone one regardless of sexual preference. Joint adoptions are allowed.

Hawaii does allow joint and single parent adoptions by anyone one regardless of sexual preference. Joint adoptions are allowed in some areas of the state.

Idaho does allow joint and single parent adoptions by anyone one regardless of sexual preference. Joint adoptions are not clearly defined.

Illinois does allow joint and single parent adoptions by anyone one regardless of sexual preference. Joint adoptions are allowed.

Indiana does allow joint and single parent adoptions by anyone one regardless of sexual preference. Joint adoptions are not clearly defined, but allowed in some areas.

Iowa does allow single gay adoption, but joint adoption is not clearly defined. Second parent adoptions are allowed in some areas of the state.

Kansas does allow single adoptions by gay persons and does not clearly define joint adoptions as being banned. It is unclear about second parent adoptions.

Kentucky does allow single adoptions by gay persons and does not clearly define joint adoptions as being banned. It is unclear about second parent adoptions.

Louisiana does allow single adoptions by gay persons and does not clearly define joint adoptions as being banned. Second parent adoptions are allowed in some areas of the state.

Maine does allow gay adoption per the Maine’s Adoption Act.

Maryland does allow single adoptions by gay persons and does not clearly define joint adoptions as being banned. It is unclear about second parent adoptions.

Massachusetts does allow joint and single gay adoptions. However, the second parent issue of adoption is unclear.

Michigan does allow single gay adoptions, but bans joint adoption. However, the second parent issue of adoption is unclear.

Minnesota does allow single adoptions by gay persons and does not clearly define joint adoptions as being banned. Second parent adoptions are allowed in some areas of the state.

Mississippi does allow single gay adoptions, but bans joint adoption. However, the second parent issue of adoption is unclear.

Missouri is very unclear on gay adoption.

Montana does allow single adoptions by gay persons and does not clearly define joint adoptions as being banned. It is unclear about second parent adoptions.

Nebraska is unclear about gay adoption, but does ban the second parent from adopting.

Nevada does allow single adoptions by gay persons and does not clearly define joint adoptions as being banned. Second parent adoptions are allowed in some areas of the state.

New Hampshire does allow single gay adoptions, but bans joint adoption. However, the second parent issue of adoption is unclear.

New Jersey does allow gay single adoptions as well as joint parent adoptions. Second parents can adopt as well.

New Mexico does allow gay single adoptions as well as joint parent adoptions. Second parent adoptions are not clear.

New York does allow gay single adoptions as well as joint parent adoptions. Second parents can adopt as well.

North Carolina does allow single gay adoption, but is unclear about second parent and joint adoptions.

North Dakota is unclear on gay adoption.

Ohio does allow single adoptions by gay persons and does not clearly define joint adoptions as being banned. Second parent adoptions are not allowed.

Oklahoma does allow single adoptions by gay persons and does not clearly define joint adoptions as being banned. It is unclear about second parent adoptions.

Oregon does allow gay single adoptions as well as joint parent adoptions. Second parents can adopt as well in some areas.

Pennsylvania does allow gay single adoptions, but joint parent adoptions are unclear. Second parents can adopt as well.

Rhode Island does allow single adoptions by gay persons and does not clearly define joint adoptions as being banned. Second parent adoptions are allowed in some areas of the state.

South Carolina does allow single gay adoption, but is unclear about second parent and joint adoptions.

Tennessee does allow single gay adoption, but is unclear about second parent and joint adoptions.

Texas does allow single gay adoption, but is unclear about joint adoptions. In some areas, second parent adoptions are allowed.

Utah does allow single gay adoptions, but bans joint adoption. However, the second parent issue of adoption is unclear.

Vermont does allow joint, second parent and gay adoptions.

Virginia does allow single gay adoption, but is unclear about second parent and joint adoptions.

Washington does allow single gay adoption, but is unclear about joint adoptions. In some areas, second parent adoptions are allowed.

West Virginia does allow single gay adoption, but is unclear about second parent and joint adoptions.

Wisconsin does allow single adoptions by gay persons and does not clearly define joint adoptions as being banned. Second parent adoptions are not allowed.

Wyoming does allow single gay adoption, but is unclear about second parent and joint adoptions.