Perspective
Jun. 25, 2013
Trend: banning adoptions from countries that have legalized same-sex marriage
A proposed Russian law, for example, would even ban single heterosexuals from adopting if from a nation where same-sex marriage is legal. By Jennifer Mertus
It seems to be one step forward, two steps back for the recognition of same-sex marriage. On the heels of last month's legalization of same-sex marriage in France and with the U.S. Supreme Court set to render a decision in two key same-sex marriage cases any day - perhaps Monday - comes a setback to the same-sex couples in the area of family formation - a Russian bill that proposes a ban on the adoption of Russian orphans by foreign same-se...
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