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From 2009 to 2012, a majority (from 52% to 61%) approved legalizing same-gender adoption, [28] with greater support expressed among young people than among those over 65 years of age. [28] Results also showed that 85% of the Democrats asked were in support of same-sex adoption, while only 23% of the Republicans asked were in support of it.
By 1984, all American authorities allowed the adoption of minors, and most authorised adult adoption [3] In 2004, Massachusetts became the first US state to legalise same-sex marriage. Adult adoption was relatively rare in the 19th century, but by the middle of the 20th century, most states allowed it, [ 11 ] with one of the earliest cases ...
The Tennessee Court of Appeals ruled unanimously that the state's sodomy statute was unconstitutional in 1996 in the case of Campbell v. Sundquist. [4]In November 2023, the city of Murfreesboro within Rutherford County, Tennessee formally removed "homosexuality" from its local ordinance that criminalizes it [5] [6] after being ordered to do so by U.S. District Judge Waverly D. Crenshaw on ...
For many LGBTQ+ people, the path to parenthood is impossible without the assistance of a third party. These women return the generosity via surrogacy. ‘Family is more than biology’: Why LGBTQ+ ...
LGBTQ foster parents say the policy change from Bethany Christian Services is "wonderful."
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Same-sex adoption is the adoption of children or adults by same-sex couples. It may take the form of a joint adoption by the couple, or of the adoption by one partner of the other's biological child or adult (stepchild adoption). Joint adoption by same-sex couples is permitted in 39 countries.
Adoption of marriage amendments over time. Prior to the Supreme Court's decision in Obergefell v.Hodges (2015), U.S. state constitutional amendments banning same-sex unions of several different types passed, banning legal recognition of same-sex unions in U.S. state constitutions, referred to by proponents as "defense of marriage amendments" or "marriage protection amendments."