http://www.proudparenting.com/node/306 Comments for "Colorado gay couples OK'd to adopt. New legislation allows joint adoption of children by unmarried couples." en http://www.proudparenting.com/node/306 <p>Colorado Governor <strong>Bill Ritter</strong> recently signed legislation that allows same-sex couples to adopt.</p> <p>The Colorado Springs Gazette.com reports that House Bill 1330 by Majority Leader <strong>Alice Madden</strong>, D-Boulder, allows the joint adoption of children by unmarried couples, <a href="http://www.gazette.com/onset?id=19856&amp;template=article.html" target="blank">including gays and lesbians</a>, unmarried heterosexual partners and relatives seeking to help single mothers.</p> <p>Colorado becomes the 10th state in the country to allow such second-parent adoption.</p> http://www.proudparenting.com/node/306#comments Adoption Colorado second parent adoption U.S. Governors Tue, 15 May 2007 06:36:02 -0700 Community Editor 306 at http://www.proudparenting.com