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From: rrizzo@bbncca.ARPA (Ron Rizzo)
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Subject: Gay foster care ban -- bizarre boomerang
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Date: Mon, 20-Jan-86 17:14:36 EST
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Months ago articles were posted about what was in effect a ban by the
commonwealth of Massachusetts on gay foster care and adoption, adopted
by the Dept. of Human Services, countenanced & probably approved by
governor Michael Dukakis, a liberal Democrat, and included in a bill
backed by many state legislators, again including many liberal Democrats.

The latest news is that the two young boys removed from the care of two
previously approved gay male foster parents, and placed with a straight
woman, may have been sexually molested by the woman's relatives.

Today, 100 people rallied in reaction to the news, and speakers lambasted
Dukakis.

							Ron Rizzo