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Alternatives to Family Trees, Baby Albums and Heritage Projects at School

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Brian Esser
If you are an adoptive parent, you are not alone if you dread school Family Tree projects or “When I Was a Baby” assignments. When my oldest son Keith started Pre-K, I thought we would have a little grace time before we ran into one of those. But… Read More
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Categories: Adoption, Blog, My Family, Open Adoption
Tags: adoption, adoptive parents, birth parents, donor conception, foster care, gestational surrogacy, intended parents, inter-country adoption, My family, school

Religious Freedom Laws and the License to Discriminate

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Brian Esser
This post originally appeared in the Expert Advice section on the great site Gays with Kids. I was in my office this past June when the Supreme Court (finally) held that the right to marry extends to same-sex couples with the Obergefell decision. I w… Read More
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Categories: Adoption, Blog, LGBT Families
Tags: adoption, Alabama, foster care, Human Rights Campaign, Kentucky, Kim Davis, LGBT families, Michigan, Mississippi, Obergefell, religion and ethics, religious freedom laws, RFRA, South Dakota, Virginia