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sun-sentinel.com - 12/3/2008
Most Americans favor gay adoptions, survey says -- South Florida Sun
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Floridians seem out of step with most Americans, three-quarters of whom favor marriage or civil unions for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people, according to a new national survey by Harris Interactive. The Pulse of Equality survey, commissioned by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against ...
glaad.org - 12/3/2008
Poll Shows Majorities of U.S. Adults Favor Legal Protections for Gay and Transgender Americans
— glaad.org — Three-quarters of U.S. adults (75%) favor either marriage or domestic partnerships/civil unions for gay and lesbian couples.... Only about two in 10 (22%) say gay and lesbian couples should have no legal recognition. (Gay and lesbian couples are able to ... (more) Poll Shows Majorities of U.S. Adults Favor Legal ...
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washingtonmonthly.com - 11/26/2008
A step forward on gay adoptions
— washingtonmonthly.com — A STEP FORWARD ON GAY ADOPTIONS.... A Florida judge ruled yesterday that a state law banning adoption... by gay men and lesbians is unconstitutional. "The best interests of children are not preserved by prohibiting homosexual adoption," said Judge Cindy ... (more) A step forward on gay adoptions
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pandagon.net - we are the public option:  GLAAD/Harris post-election survey: Americans favor adoption and partner rights for same-sex couples

Think Progress:  Poll finds large majorities favor rights of gays to adopt, serve in the military.

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GLAAD/Harris post-election survey: Americans favor adoption and partner rights for same-sex couples
pandagon.net - we are the public option — ... cover gay and transgender people in only 12 states and the District of Columbia, and eight other states’ laws cover sexual orientation but not gender identity.) * Nearly seven out of 10 U.S. adults (69%) oppose laws that would ban qualified gay and lesbian couples from adopting children. (In several states, gay and lesbian couples are banned from adopting.) Here are the full results - PDF. As usual, one of the usual fundie suspects was quick to comment. Mathew Staver, founder of the Liberty Counsel, ...

Poll finds large majorities favor rights of gays to adopt, serve in the military.
Think Progress — ... Though conservatives criticized the poll for being funded by an advocacy organization, some of its results are actually more tempered than other polls. For example, a Washington Post poll in July found that a full ...

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