http://www.proudparenting.com/node/1127 Comments for "The Gaybe Boom continues. HuffPo's Peggy Drexler reminds us lesbians and gays are gaining acceptance in adoption law." en http://www.proudparenting.com/node/1127 <p><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peggy-drexler/the-gaybe-boom_b_79479.html" target="_blank">Huffington Post's Peggy Drexler</a> underscores the good news related to state governments which support lesbian and gay parenting. Eleven states and DC explicitly state that sexual orientation cannot be the basis for adoption denial. Ohio was the only state - in 2006 - to introduce a ban. The proposed ban failed when backers couldn't generate enough support.</p> <p>Drexler writes: "It was an admission, political observers say, that orientation-based divisiveness just isn't what it used to be."</p> <p><a href="http://www.proudparenting.com/node/1127">read more</a></p> http://www.proudparenting.com/node/1127#comments adoption Choice Moms foster care Moms smart women website Thu, 03 Jan 2008 11:27:14 -0800 Community Editor 1127 at http://www.proudparenting.com