http://timeforfamilies.com ...because there's No Place Like Home Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:06:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Baltimore Sun 1:40 PM EST, March 10, 2010 Kudos to Washington for legalizing same-sex marriage ("Wedding bells ring for same-sex couples in D.C.", March 10). For the many couples who are or will be exchanging vows in D.C., they are no longer denied the rights of marriage that other Americans enjoy and ... http://timeforfamilies.com/2010/03/dc-law-lets-gay-families-be-like-any-other/ March 9, 2010 New York Times By DAMIEN CAVE MIAMI — The movie “Bait Shop” had too much boozing to earn the extra rebate from Florida’s “family friendly” program of incentives for film production. “Confessions of a Shopaholic” was, well, just too violent. “There’s a scene where the woman is fighting over shoes ... http://timeforfamilies.com/2010/03/florida-ponders-tax-as-tool-to-aid-family-values-films/ By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 12:54 AM on 04th March 2010 Gays and lesbians in civil partnerships would receive extended paternity and maternity leave under the Tories. David Cameron made the pledge in an interview with the gay magazine Attitude. The Tory leader said the party's proposal to extend paternity and maternity ... http://timeforfamilies.com/2010/03/david-cameron-tory-party-would-give-gay-parents-more-time-off/ http://timeforfamilies.com/2010/02/the-bird-whisperer/ In this New York Surrogate’s Court adoption proceeding where the two parties never married, petitioner, the father of the Cambodian child who is the subject of this adoption, sought to vacate the court’s prior order permitting respondent, the New york adoptive parent, to “re-adopt” a Cambodian orphan who was residing with her in ... http://timeforfamilies.com/2010/02/foreign-adoption-alert-dual-proceedings-can-be-problematic/ "Anne Hathaway's family left the Catholic Church because of its intolerance of homosexuality. Anne grew up wanting to become a nun but shunned Catholicism when she learned her older brother, Michael, was gay." Hathaway says, "The whole family converted to Episcopalianism after my elder brother came out. Why should I support ... http://timeforfamilies.com/2010/02/anne-hathaway-left-catholic-church-to-support-her-gay-brother/ Posted on January 28, 2010 by Gideon Alper -GayCouplesLawBlog.com - Seattle University Law School professor Julie Shapiro had a interesting post this past weekend on why lesbians should think twice before using a known sperm donor. Professor Shapiro points out what's unique about a California where a lesbian couple split up five ... http://timeforfamilies.com/2010/02/risks-of-using-a-known-sperm-donor/ Posted on February 18, 2010 by Gideon Alper - GayCouplesLawBlog.com - The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today that Louisiana has to recognize the New York same-sex adoption of a Louisiana child even though Louisiana does not itself grant same-sex adoptions. Last October I talked about Adar v. Smith, the Fifth ... http://timeforfamilies.com/2010/02/federal-appeals-court-louisiana-must-recognize-out-of-state-gay-adoption/ Submitted by Jeff on Wed, 02/10/2010 - 11:22am- ProudParenting.com Under reforms in Australia, legal parentage of a child born in surrogacy agreements will transfer from the birth mother to the parent or parents who commissioned the birth. This extends to same-sex couples. An opposition bill that would see surrogacy continue to ... http://timeforfamilies.com/2010/02/surrogacy-decriminalized-in-australia/ January 29, 2010 By SCOTT JAMES - New York Times- When Rio and Ray married in 2008, the Bay Area women omitted two words from their wedding vows: fidelity and monogamy. “I take it as a gift that someone will be that open and honest and sharing with me,” said Rio, using the ... http://timeforfamilies.com/2010/01/many-successful-gay-marriages-share-an-open-secret/