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Subject: Re: Gays adpoting children (resubmission of lost article)
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Date: Thu, 17-Nov-83 12:57:06 EST
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I heard of a similar case - the complaint was, naturally enough, that
"the father would make the son gay" - (I won't go into why I think that's
silly and nasty, I'm not bearbaiting today.)  However, the man did win
the case and got to adopt the child.  Also, I know a lesbian couple with
two children, one who was adopted and one who one of the woman bore
through some sort of arrangement with a male friend of hers.  Artificial
insemination becoming increasingly more available (and anonymously, yet)
it is becoming far easier for a gay woman to bear a child.
Unfortunately since most states still strongly condemn homosexual
parents a gay man who wishes to adopt may find a pile of barriers in his
path, legal and emotional.  Especially difficult is the plight of the
once-married, now-out-of-the-closet gay man who wishes to have custody
(or even partial custody) of his children.  I've never heard of custody
being granted in such a case.


arwen