In the Hall of Shame this week... Parentprofiles.com and Adoption Profiles/Adoption Media for their refusal to allow a New York gay male couple to post their profile on a website designed to let birth parents select the adoptive parents for their child. The company allows only a "qualified husband and wife couple" to post online.
A California couple sued the same agency in 2003...and won! In 2007, the company agreed that if it provided any services to California couples it would abide by California's non-discrimination laws. Then it actually stopped serving California entirely rather than help all qualified prospective adoptive parents. So now they are up to their old tricks on the other side of the country.
The National Center for Lesbian Rights won the California case. New York-based Lambda Legal is representing the New York couple. Both organizations deserve our appreciation and support (with a donation if possible!) for their tireless legal work on behalf of LGBT families.
Crossposted from Beyond Straight and Gay Marriage
Share
Like what you read? Subscribe to The Bilerico Project by Email.
Want others to read it too? Use the buttons and links here to share this entry with others. (Move your cursor over a button or link to learn more about it.)
3 Comments
« Find the best in everybody | Home | ZOMG! They Banned the BIBLE!!!!!!!!!111111 »
Despicable and beneath contempt. I hope the New York courts site the California finding and then these boobs will have lost the two largest states in the union.
Robert Ganshorn | July 3, 2008 9:54 AM
Reply to this comment
Just what are they implying here, that these people aren't parents? That's just silly.
Alex Blaze | July 3, 2008 10:35 AM
Reply to this comment
I think they have a darn good chance of winning the NY lawsuit too - especially since NY is recognizing CA marriages, the CA court obviously has some weight in NY.
Bil Browning | July 3, 2008 11:35 AM
Reply to this comment