by NCLR Policy | Jun 15, 2012 | Uncategorized | Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, Immigration Reform, DACA, DREAMers, DREAM Act, Immigration
Today, in a courageous and much needed policy shift, the Obama administration announced that it will stop all deportations of undocumented young people who were brought to the United States as children and have remained in the country for at least five continuous years, are under the age of 30, have either obtained a high school diploma or GED, or have served in our country’s military, and have no prior criminal history. This is the right thing to do, and will bring an end to the unfair,...
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by Kate Kendell, Esq. | Jun 14, 2012 | Uncategorized | gay fathers, gay dads, lesbian mothers, Kate Kendell, Parenting, lesbian moms, LGBT parents
Many times, when the anti-gay industry pops out with a new absurd lie, I simply sigh, remind myself of the arc of history, and move on. But the latest vicious volley landed, quite literally, too close to home. Earlier this week, a University of Texas sociologist named Mark Regnerus published a paper purporting to show that kids raised in same-sex households have poor outcomes as adults. His conclusion runs counter to 30-plus years of peer-reviewed research and contradicts the formal positions...
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