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Tennessee's Attorney General - Bob Cooper - has stated that no current laws specifically bar gay couples from adopting in his state. Now there's a push in the General Assembly to get laws changed to ban adoption by gay couples.

Proposed legislation in the state would not only prevent gay couples from being able to adopt children but would bar heterosexual couples who are not married from adopting. Single people could still adopt, but unmarried couples could not.

The Tennessean has posted its position on the subject:

According to Social Work Today, Latino gay and lesbian couples adopt more children than other same-sex couples.

The online resource for social workers reports on a study conducted by Alliant University and highlights interesting facts about same-sex couples in Florida.

Among the research results:

Research coming from the UCLA School of Law spotlights Ohio's growing trend of same-sex parents.

Same-sex couples are raising nearly 12,000 children across Ohio and more than 2 percent of the state's adopted children.

The UCLA study notes that lesbians and gay men in the Buckeye State are forming committed relationships more than ever before - jumping from just under 19,000 in 2000 to nearly 30,700 by 2005.

We are more alike than we are different. Results of two separate university studies show that same-sex relationships are similar to those of opposite-sex couples in many ways.

ScientificBlogging.com explains:

"The stereotype that couples in same-sex relationships are not as committed as their heterosexual counterparts and are therefore not as psychologically healthy is disputed by two studies featured in the January issue of Developmental Psychology."

Are you currently in an interracial lesbian relationship?

Are you or your current partner:
*In the process of conceiving through known or unknown donor insemination?
*Pregnant from donor insemination?
OR
*Do you have biological children through donor insemination?

Dr. Warren Throckmorton, producer of the documentary I Do Exist has started a lively discussion on his blog.

At issue is the number of studies done on same-sex parenting, and how much favorable data it may take to satisfy questions about our ability to be good parents.

One commenter on WThrockmorton.com writes:

With results that mirror those found in U.S. and Canadian studies, new research from the Netherlands proves parenting by two mothers is just as good - if not slightly advantageous - for children when compared to heterosexual families with two parents.