Kentucky Senate pushes forth bill to prevent gays from adopting
”We’re worried that we will have to leave again. Anthony and I were both raised here in Kentucky, and I would hope that we would be welcome here.”
Richard Harland-Bennett, a gay adoptive father who is worried that Senate Bill 68, sponsored by Republican state Senator Gary Tapp, will invalidate the Wisconsin-approved adoption that he and his partner, Anthony, were granted seven years ago. The bill is clearly aimed at preventing gay adoptions but the wording is worded to prevent adoptions by any unmarried couples. Supporters of the bill have falsely claimed that studies show children do better in environments with heterosexual parents. (Lexington Herald Ledger)
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