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Actor Neil Patrick Harris and partner David Burtka adopted twins. Credit:Charles Eshelman, Getty Images
More and more same-sex couples are adopting in the United States, The New York Times reports, with just Utah and Mississippi banning them from doing so. In fact, the newspaper adds, some 19 percent of gay couples report having adopted a child in 2009, more than twice the 8 percent who did so in 2000.
"The trend line is absolutely straight up," Adam Pertman, executive director of the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute, tells The Times. "It's now a reality on the ground."
Legal battles still impede the process, however, according to the newspaper, primarily when it comes to marriage bans, but adoption advocates say they welcome gay couples.
"The reality is we really need foster and adoptive parents, and it doesn't matter what the relationship is," Moira Weir, director of the job and family services department in Hamilton County, Ohio, tells The Times. "If they can provide a safe and loving home for a child, isn't that what we want?"
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6-17-2011 @ 5:05PM
Mitch said...Neil Patrick Harris and his partner did not adopt, they had their twins through surrogacy. That is how the rich gays like them and Elton John do it. I am middle class, my spouse and I are the gay adopting pioneers.
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6-19-2011 @ 9:56AM
christine said...i think this is great for the child, they are being raised in a loving and caring home
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6-19-2011 @ 3:12PM
isisreptiles said...I think this is wonderful! If Gay and Lesbian people want parenthood, whether by adoption or other means, it shouldn't be denied them. The important thing is that the child be raised in a stable loving home. It makes no difference if the loving parents are two moms, two dads, or a mom and a dad. I hope this trend will mean fewer children languishing in the foster care system
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