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发帖数: 4346 | 1 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/14/us/14adoption.html?_r=1&hp
Growing numbers of gay couples across the country are adopting, according to
census data, despite an uneven legal landscape that can leave their
children without the rights and protections extended to children of
heterosexual parents.
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Times Topics: Adoptions | Same-Sex Marriage, Civil Unions, and
Domestic Partnerships
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Kirk Irwin for The New York Times
It's a big family: With same-sex marriage ille... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1011 | 2 http://hubpages.com/hub/Adoption-Fees-for-Pet-Adoptions
There are a lot of websites that let people post ads for pets they're trying
to re-home. For whatever reason, these people are no longer able to care
for their pets or are no longer willing to keep them and must find them new
homes. Spend some time browsing these ads and you'll see that most people
will ask for an adoption fee - and that just doesn't sit right for some of
the prospective new families!
However, offering a pet "free to a good... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 3 Germany’s highest court strengthens adoption rights for gay couples in
civil partnerships
By Associated Press, Published: February 19
BERLIN — Germany’s highest court strengthened gay couples’ adoption
rights in a ruling Tuesday that the country’s justice minister greeted as
“a historic step.”
The Federal Constitutional Court ruled that one member of a civil
partnership should be able to adopt the partner’s stepchild or adopted
child. Until now, they could only adopt a partner’s biological child... 阅读全帖 |
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m******1
发帖数: 19713 | 4 A subcommittee of the Virginia Senate on Wednesday approved a so-called “
conscience clause” bill that would allow state-funded adoption agencies to
refuse to approve adoptions or foster care placement on religious or “moral
” grounds.
State Sen. Adam Ebbin (D-Alexandria), who is gay, said that although the
words “sexual orientation” or “gay” and “lesbian” are not in Senate
Bill 349, lawmakers clearly understand that it’s aimed at justifying the
denial of adoptions or foster child placement for ... 阅读全帖 |
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m******1
发帖数: 19713 | 5 Seventy-one percent of people surveyed in a recent study approve of adoption
by same-sex couples, according to a study released Tuesday by Oxygen Media.
The study was conducted by Lightspeed Research and asked 1,002 people ages
18 to 49 about different scenarios and reasons for adoption. The survey
coincides with next week's premiere of I'm Having Their Baby, a new Oxygen
docu-series about adoption told largely from the perspective of pregnant
women who choose to place their babies up for adopti... 阅读全帖 |
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M*****y
发帖数: 666 | 6 lz已经不在Boston了，但因为家里的小苗是在 Animal Rescue League of Boston 收
养的，所以经常会收到他们的邮件
刚才收到关于free adoption event的，发过来希望有兴趣的mm能看见，同时祝福那里
的小动物都能找到爱他们的永久的家
Free adoptions Thursday, Sept. 8!
Looking for a pet? With the seasons changing and summer vacations winding
down, it’s a great time to adopt a cat or dog into your home. Consider
taking advantage of our upcoming free adoption day at our Boston and Dedham
locations on Thursday, September 8.
We have a variety of animals waiting for their forever homes, includi... 阅读全帖 |
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m******1
发帖数: 19713 | 7 By Trudy Ring
General Assembly Building in Richmond, Virginia x390 | ADVOCATE.COM
The Virginia General Assembly building
A Virginia state senator has introduced legislation that would prohibit the
state from contracting with adoption agencies that discriminate against
prospective parents on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.
Adam Ebbin, a Democrat from Alexandria, in northern Virginia, introduced the
bill last week, the Associated Press reports. It also covers other
characterist... 阅读全帖 |
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P*****t
发帖数: 4978 | 8 佛州难道乱伦不犯罪吗？
A wealthy Florida man has adopted his 42-year-old girlfriend as a daughter
in a move critics say will protect the man's assets during an upcoming
lawsuit surrounding a deadly car accident.
Polo Club Palm Beach founder John Goodman, 48, adopted his longtime partner
Heather Laruso Hutchins in October, The Palm Beach Post reports.
The strategy could shore up Goodman's wealth as he confronts a wrongful
death lawsuit filed by the parents of Scott Patrick Wilson, The Associated
Press says.... 阅读全帖 |
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a********e
发帖数: 221 | 9 I ADOPTED YOUR DOG TODAY
I adopted your dog today; The one you left at the pound; The one you had for
seven years; And no longer wanted around.
I adopted your dog today; Do you know he’s lost weight? Do you know he’s
scared and depressed? And has lost all faith?
I adopted your dog today; He wasn’t eating and had a cold; But don’t
worry none; You’ve unburdened your load.
I adopted your dog today; Were you having a baby or moving away? Did you
suddenly develop allergies; Or was there no rea |
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B****t
发帖数: 1982 | 10 刚收到信， SPCA领养猫猫狗狗也有back-to-school 和labor day special了，hehe
http://www.spcawake.org/site/MessageViewer?em_id=4001.0
Adopt a Homework Buddy!
This Saturday, August 29, the SPCA will be holding a Back to School Kitten
Adopt-a-thon. Visit Petsmart at Capital and Millbrook or the SPCA Adoption
Center and receive 50% off all cat and kitten adoptions (that's just $47.50)!
Check out video of SPCA kittens as they get ready to go back to school!
There are less than 2 weeks left for this special cat adoption |
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f****w
发帖数: 947 | 13 By: Nicole C. Dillard, Esq.
Many families abroad and here in the United States, face major decisions
regarding adopting a child. Over 20,000 inter-country adoptions are taking
place per year in addition to the more than 200,000 foreign adopted children
already living in the U.S. The Department of Homeland Security and the USCIS
play a key role in facilitating the immigration process of many foreign born
children who are adopted by U.S. Citizens or Lawful Permanent Residents.
There are two way |
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发帖数: 901 | 14 A 10-year-old boy shook when asked about being prostituted to two other men
by an adoptive father who regularly had sex with him, according to police,
who said the boy was fearful of talking because he didn't want to be taken
from his home or separated from his new siblings.
The adoptive father has been charged with raping three boys in his care and
compelling prostitution by hiring the 10-year-old out for sex. He and two
other men remained in jail Thursday on rape charges.
Federal and local law... 阅读全帖 |
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g********d
发帖数: 4174 | 15 Posted on Advocate.com September 22, 2010
Florida Halts Gay Adoption Ban
By Advocate.com Editors
CHARLIE CRIST X390 (GETTY IMAGES) | ADVOCATE.COM
The state of Florida will immediately stop enforcing its ban on adoptions by
gay people after Wednesday's decision by a state appeals court that the
three-decade-old law is unconstitutional, Gov. Charlie Crist said Wednesday.
“The unanimous 3-0 decision deals a critical blow to Florida's 33-year-old
law banning adoption by gay men and lesbians, and mo |
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m******8
发帖数: 2153 | 16 http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2011/04/26/catholic-charity-loses-app
A tribunal has thrown out a Catholic charity’s bid to be exempted from
equality laws which make it illegal to discriminate against gay couples who
wish to adopt.Leeds-based Catholic Care have said they will have no choice
but to end their work finding homes for children if they are forced to
comply with the new equality regulations which prohibit discrimination
against same-sex couples wanting to adopt.
The case went to the High Cou... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2153 | 17 New Zealand’s Labour Party says it will push for gay couples to be allowed
to adopt.Although Prime Minister John Key has said the issue is not a
priority, the party’s ‘rainbow’ policy document says it will modernise
the law “to ensure the widest pool of suitable adults is lawfully available
to provide care to children in need”.
Although most New Zealanders can adopt, gay couples cannot.
Other promises include measures to crack down on homophobic bullying in
schools and updates for relationship a... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 19 http://www.carynews.com/2010/04/06/17047/adopted-boy-3-in-a-coma-parents.html
Police are investigating the parents of a 3-year-old adopted child they
think may have been the victim of severe abuse, according to court records
made public Thursday.
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Records also show Wake County Child Protective Services has previously
investigated abuse and neglect reports concerning the child since he was
adopted from an orphanage in China in November. |
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L******k
发帖数: 33825 | 20 【 以下文字转载自 QueerNews 讨论区 】
发信人: globalized (球球), 信区: QueerNews
标 题: Mexico's High Court Approves Adoption By Gays
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Mon Aug 16 16:08:17 2010, 美东)
Mexico's High Court Approves Adoption By Gays
By Advocate.com Editors
MexicoCityMarriage x390 (Getty) I Advocate.com
A majority of judges in Mexico's high court affirmed adoption by gays as
part of Mexico City's recently-enacted gay marriage law.
Joe.My.God has a bulletin from journalist Rex Wockner: "This was the court's
3rd and final [g |
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b********e
发帖数: 595 | 21 邻居网上看到的
UPDATE ON
REFUGEE ADOPTION PROGRAM
Our meeting on the refugee adoption program
on Wednesday, May 18th, was a great success.
Jude Stephens, the Team Support Coordinator
for the refugee program at Catholic Charities
of the East Bay gave us an overview of the
program and how it could work for our parish.
Then we broke into teams according to interest
and brainstormed ideas. The 5 teams are the
Donation Team, Apartment Team, Transportation
Team, Welcome Team, and Support Services
Team. Indiv... 阅读全帖 |
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C*******u
发帖数: 713 | 22 搂主，
我觉得那个人家不一定就是象大家想的那么坏。感觉更像是误解。communication 的问
题。我觉得他们defensive 可能是因为你先开始没提出家访。站在他们的角度想，他们
是会感到你舍不得狗，又养不了，所以找别人代养，又老要来看。就想领养孩子一样，
多半的领养家庭不愿亲生父母老来和孩子联系。所以你站在他们的角度想想，还是有原
因的。另外开宠物店的不一定就不好啊。我经常买东西的店，两只大狗，他们家对他们
的狗可好了。
你可以很耐心的解释下。看他们的反应。比方说，
I totally understand your concerns apologized I didn't make it clear for the
home visiting rule when we first communicate. I was suggested to visit the
future homes to insure that the puppies will go to a safe home. I apply this
rule to all my adoptions. I a... 阅读全帖 |
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g********d
发帖数: 4174 | 23 Mexico's High Court Approves Adoption By Gays
By Advocate.com Editors
MexicoCityMarriage x390 (Getty) I Advocate.com
A majority of judges in Mexico's high court affirmed adoption by gays as
part of Mexico City's recently-enacted gay marriage law.
Joe.My.God has a bulletin from journalist Rex Wockner: "This was the court's
3rd and final [gay] topic in recent days. First it upheld Mexico City's
same-sex marriage law, then it ruled that same-sex couples married in Mexico
City are validly married al |
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p*********n
发帖数: 259 | 26 We plan to adopt one from China. How difficult to adopt a Chinese kid when getting Green Card? Thanks! |
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发帖数: 36 | 27 You must be a dog lover to adopt.
Please call: (Christine) at 626-841-9109 for adoption info.
Thanks! |
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M****a
发帖数: 11261 | 28 我一个朋友在volunteer foster小猫，现在想给小猫找一个permanent home。下面是小
猫的描述和照片，如果谁感兴趣的话，站内联系。
This is Peter Pan. He is an adorable male kitten - gray in color with white
paws (see attached pic).
He is 9 weeks old, has been neutered, has had his vaccines and is completely
potty trained! He has a very nice personality and is an ideal cat -
inquisitive but not to that extent of getting into trouble. He loves our
cats and dogs and always hangs out with them. He will have longish hair and
will need brushed regularly.... 阅读全帖 |
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l*****y
发帖数: 337 | 29 AOD基本算是完蛋了
20th Century Fox to adopt Blu-ray disc standard for new DVD
Sunday, October 3, 2004 at 06:50 JST
TOKYO ?Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp, a major U.S. movie distributor
, will adopt the Blu-ray disc standard for next-generation DVD players
developed by Sony Corp and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co and othe
r companies, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported Sunday.
The economic daily said Twentieth Century Fox's move may give the Blu-
ray disc standard an advantage over HD DVD, another fo |
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z*****e
发帖数: 14786 | 31 嗯，照片都发给我们director了。
不过光看长相而喜欢的也未必长久。
我们approve一个adoption通常都要花几个星期的时间交流。
就这样还是会有被return的事件发生。。
good picture definitely will arouse interest and increase their chance to
be adopted! |
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发帖数: 11847 | 32 I don't see any problem with the letter except the fact that their family is
in some pet business (Is that a reason for concern too ?).
I wouldn't like the idea myself that the person or entity i adopted my pets
from would reserve the rights to visit my house after the adoption either. |
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L*****1
发帖数: 309 | 33 Please do NOT give the puppy to this "family"!!! You can read the send-to-
last paragraph below. There are too much concerns!
"
Dear Sir,
I am afraid that I have to change my mind. I will not give the puppy to you.
Instead, I will return your deposit, if you provide a Paypal account, or by
other means.
As I might mention before, that I want to find a *home* for the puppy, a
good family in which to grow up as his nature. You never mentioned that you
operate a dog-related business. This fact, you ... 阅读全帖 |
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w***o
发帖数: 6775 | 34 这是我的拒信：
Tim,
Home visit is very common for pet adoption. Besides now you mentioned
you have pet business, I won't feel comfortable with that. I guess I
will keep the puppy for myself. Please send me your paypal info or
address, I will return the money to you
这是他的回信，让我用cash退钱
Well I am not sure where you got that I own a dog business from. If you
read the email it said my family OWNED a dog grooming & training
business. OWNED is past tense of OWN. My family OWNED the dog grooming &
training busi... 阅读全帖 |
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a*****d
发帖数: 4029 | 35 看到一个LAB PUPPY，很喜欢，刚抱起来，就被一个美国白人抢回去了，说你们CHINESE
是吃狗肉的，不能给你ADOPT,连ADOPTION FORM 都收走了。 我肺都被气炸了。 |
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t*****u
发帖数: 8966 | 36 一般当地的shelter都会和petco和petsmart等大型连锁宠物店有关系,就是周末借用他
们的地方adopt,当然商店本身相当于吸引了很多潜在消费者,也乐意
一般的adopt会在周六或者周日 |
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m*****f
发帖数: 4970 | 37 之前几个月都在家难过， 送去foster 的原因很复杂， 除了家人各种反对， 主要还是
自己没有办法handle 熊熊在外面看到人害怕时候那股很猛的冲劲， 也没有足够的时间
和能力每天带他去和陌生人人接触。 小的时候还能拉住经常带去各种地方， 现在大了
是真的随时会被拖倒在地上。 反正就是自己的能力/精力/时间问题， 大家要骂随便。
熊熊是3 月多的时候去的foster home, 去看过他好几次。 最近和foster family 去了
乡村有河的地方还学会了到河里游泳/fetch. 今天刚寄了furminator 和一些他爱吃的
给foster dad, 就被告知有一对chinese couple 领养熊熊了， 他下周去新家。 新家
里还有另外一只两岁的狗狗， 据说他们对shy dog 有经验。
听到被adopt 了心里很难过， 因为本来一直在想着换个地大的房子要把他领回来。 这
个是mango在rescue 的profile 和一些video:
http://www.norcalfamilydogrescue.org/animals/detail?AnimalID=54
下周被正... 阅读全帖 |
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r***l
发帖数: 298 | 38 【 以下文字转载自 WashingtonDC 讨论区 】
发信人: resal (Music), 信区: WashingtonDC
标 题: cats need adoption
关键字: 小猫 领养 Cat Kitten Adoption
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sun Oct 13 11:17:33 2013, 美东)
因事务繁忙，两只小猫期待领养。照片附上。证件齐全。
付送所有猫家具。
Please contact c**********[email protected] |
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W******c
发帖数: 23 | 39 What is the main stream then?
There are interesting discussion there.
From theserverside.com:
"According to a recent survey of 150 CIOs, only 9% of them
have
adopted EJB as a solution, with 14% using EJB partially and
16% still
evaluating it. This supports my theory that EJB is still in
a fast
growing market and that the true large-scale adoption of EJB
is at the
tail-end of the Geoffrey Moore's scale, to which we are
slowly but
surely moving towards. " |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 40 by Malcolm McKay
Recent political battles in Europe over IFRS may have slowed the timeline on
progress of adoption of an IFRS road map in the U.S.
Reports suggest that the International Accounting Standards Board is in
turmoil over the independence of standard-setters among other issues. With
the U.S. watching on the sidelines, conflicting signals are being sent and
questions are being asked about what the rush is toward adoption of IFRS in
the U.S.—if the IASB, which sets IFRS standards, can’t |
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b*****i
发帖数: 318 | 41 I think folks on this board might all be the experts also on law/regulation
back in china, so hopefully some one could help us out.
my relatives back in China is under going a child adoption procedure. But
the case is kind of special because the child's Mom abandoned the child 3
yrs ago after the child is born and disappeared without any contact with the
child's father. And the child's father is eager to get married and want to
get rid of this child as well. So my folks want to adopt this child,... 阅读全帖 |
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w*******y
发帖数: 60932 | 42 The goodest deal. Take home a new friend for free.
"In an effort to help empty Arizona Humane Societys kennels, the
organization will waive adoption fees on all animals in lieu of a monetary
donation this weekend. The adoption special will run Saturday and Sunday (
August 28 and 29) and is valid at all Arizona Humane Society locations."
L!nk:
http://www.azhumane.org/artman2/publish/aboutus/ahs_full_capacity.shtml
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i**a
发帖数: 2608 | 43 【 以下文字转载自 NewJersey 讨论区 】
发信人: shiningbear (I Love NY), 信区: NewJersey
标 题: Is there somebody wants to adopt my Shi Tzu puppy (NJ, 0885 (转载)
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Fri Nov 9 15:35:15 2007)
发信人: shiningbear (I Love NY), 信区: pets
标 题: Is there somebody wants to adopt my Shi Tzu puppy (NJ, 08854)
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Fri Nov 9 15:34:44 2007)
http://newjersey.craigslist.org/pet/473298133.html
I couldn't keep him anymore. Yaya is cute and pure breed, and he has been
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发帖数: 1 | 44 World Bank adopts $1 billion-plus annual China lending plan over US
objections
CNBC |
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s*******u
发帖数: 2249 | 45 Islamic law has been officially adopted in Britain, with sharia courts
given powers to rule on Muslim civil cases.
The government has quietly sanctioned the powers for sharia judges to rule
on cases ranging from divorce and financial disputes to those involving
domestic violence.
Rulings issued by a network of five sharia courts are enforceable with the
full power of the judicial system, through county courts or the country's
High Court, a part of its Supreme Court system.
Previously, the ruling |
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a********l
发帖数: 355 | 46 【 以下文字转载自 WaterWorld 讨论区 】
发信人: jzwang (jack wang), 信区: WaterWorld
标 题: 4个月健康男孩for adoption
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Fri May 23 02:40:41 2014, 美东)
可爱伶俐，身高93%，体重23%，头围 28%，食欲不好，但是健康。父母家庭都没有遗传
病史。想给孩子找一个条件好，充满爱的家庭。
请帮忙转相关版面family, parenting, nextgeneration, living etc |
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b*****e
发帖数: 1193 | 47 我靠，有一定的道理；
发信人: wstlykm (wstlykm), 信区: Living
标 题: Re: 4个月健康男孩for adoption (转载)
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Fri May 23 18:29:12 2014, 美东)
贺绍强夫妇再现了 |
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p*****n
发帖数: 3678 | 48 如果有诚意 up for adoption 最好解释一下原因. |
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