Adam Pertman and the Adoption Nation Journal http://adampertman.com How the Adoption Revolution is Transforming Our Families and America Thu, 09 May 2013 14:49:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Paul Ryan + Mother’s Day + Gay Marriage = Doing What’s Best for Children http://adampertman.com/paul-ryan-mothers-day-gay-marriage-doing-whats-best-for-children/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=paul-ryan-mothers-day-gay-marriage-doing-whats-best-for-children http://adampertman.com/paul-ryan-mothers-day-gay-marriage-doing-whats-best-for-children/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 14:49:51 +0000 mleonard http://adampertman.com/?p=1236 To read this column on The Huffington Post, go to: http://huff.to/12ZCBgv. It’s not yet time to declare a momentous victory, but it’s certainly a sign of progress that even staunch social conservatives like U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan now support adoption by lesbians and gay men. “I think if a person wants to love and raise [...]

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]]> http://adampertman.com/paul-ryan-mothers-day-gay-marriage-doing-whats-best-for-children/feed/ 0 A Family for Life: The Vital Need to Achieve Permanency for Children in Care http://adampertman.com/a-family-for-life-the-vital-need-to-achieve-permanency-for-children-in-care/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-family-for-life-the-vital-need-to-achieve-permanency-for-children-in-care http://adampertman.com/a-family-for-life-the-vital-need-to-achieve-permanency-for-children-in-care/#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 13:04:53 +0000 mleonard http://adampertman.com/?p=1234 Permanency equals a sense of belonging. When it comes to permanency for youth in care, there’s one simple fact: it’s a basic human need that everyone should be entitled to. We should all know where we go at Christmas. Lisa Davis This quote from a young woman providing testimony to a Canadian parliamentary committee  underscores [...]

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]]> http://adampertman.com/a-family-for-life-the-vital-need-to-achieve-permanency-for-children-in-care/feed/ 0 Equal Rights for All: It’s Finally Time for Adopted People, Too http://adampertman.com/equal-rights-for-all-its-finally-time-for-adopted-people-too/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=equal-rights-for-all-its-finally-time-for-adopted-people-too http://adampertman.com/equal-rights-for-all-its-finally-time-for-adopted-people-too/#comments Mon, 01 Apr 2013 17:29:58 +0000 mleonard http://adampertman.com/?p=1228 To read this column on The Huffington Post, go to: http://huff.to/ZwCCWR As our country has focused enormous attention in recent days on the rights of one minority, gay men and lesbians, we continue (alas) to give short-shrift to the decades-long effort to achieve equality for millions of people in another segment of our population: Americans [...]

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]]> http://adampertman.com/equal-rights-for-all-its-finally-time-for-adopted-people-too/feed/ 0 My Family Is Not a ‘Second-Best Option’ http://adampertman.com/my-family-is-not-a-second-best-option/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-family-is-not-a-second-best-option http://adampertman.com/my-family-is-not-a-second-best-option/#comments Sat, 16 Mar 2013 13:32:27 +0000 mleonard http://adampertman.com/?p=1223 To read this column on The Huffington Post, go to: http://huff.to/13Y55fP. I hadn’t known it until just this week, but Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, President Ronald Reagan, singer Marie Osmond, actor Hugh Jackman, journalist Judy Woodruff, basketball great Magic Johnson and I all have something in common: Our families are inferior. At least [...]

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