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Catholic Charity WINS gay adoption ruling
An independent Catholic charity won a High Court battle on Wednesday over adoption laws that would have forced it to consider gay couples as parents. Catholic Care, a registered adoption agency, wants special dispensation from sexual orientation regulations which forbid it from giving children solely to heterosexual couples. The organisation argued that a clause in the act allows charities to discriminate by amending its objectives. An earlier High Court judgement ruled against it, b...
Donate Sperm "Sperm Donation - have you got the Balls?"Sports players and fans are being targeted in a campaign to get more sperm donors to help couples struggling to conceive. The National Gamete Donation Trust wants to increase the number of new donors in the UK to about 500, from its latest figure of 384. Leaflets and posters are being sent to 30 sports clubs and venues in the pilot area of Greater Manchester. ... |
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DepressionI lay awake at night and think Think about everything that has pushed meTo the brink Brink of breaking down, falling down, To the point it’s even an effort To get out of this dressing gown Everyday is a chore, a chore to get up, Sit up, even lift a cup I have energy, yet I have none Weird eh…For everything that’s happened I’ve had to pay Well no longer, no more!, I’m me And to be me shouldn’t be a... |
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lesbian parents with no local community outreachwell ive not written a blog yet so here goes ....... me and my wife live in luton and find that unless your on those folks who go out on the scene as a lesbian parents your isolated from the whole gay scene and lifestyle here which kinda sucks as we dont have the time nor the money to go out and meet other lesbians with children too . luton has no lgbt group and yes i know i should set one up but ... |
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2 in 1 day? Question on blogging.Blogging. A wonderful tool. Can be a great way of keeping a diary. Can be a good way of learning. Can be a fantastic way of venting negative feelings.But can it be wrong to vent your feelings? Are there feelings that, rather than blogging about them, should just be allowed to bottle up until the dam explodes? A past CPN recommended I blog in order to vent my feelings. And I did so, only with extre... |
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Need for more damage control.Not sure it's a good idea to be posting this but I think I need to.Ok. So some of you will be aware that for a while I've been dating this girl. Some of you may know it hasn't exactly been the easiest of relationships. Some of you will know it's not exactly the most conventional of relationships.I've today become aware that it wasn't even a real relationship.Before I go any further I won't be nami... |
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A really cool songi saw two earthworms mating i was about to use them for baiting then i saw their tricks no holes and no pricks hermaphrodite sex is amazing i went on a date with a jamie i wanted jamie like crazy she dressed like a guy i didn't have to ask why cause jamie is jamie is jamie stephany wrote on my locker that i was a lesbian i was in second grade and i didn't know what that meant then... |
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Women ready for Motherhood at 14 claims leading authorWomen are ready for motherhood at 14, claims a leading author. What dangerous nonsense, says this former teenage mum. Watching my daughter Olivia and her friends preparing to celebrate her 15th birthday last week, the bathroom awash with false lashes and lip glosses, I couldn't help but smile. I'm thrilled to see her so happy and carefree. But, as I watched Olivia and her friends giggling abou... |
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What would Kurt and the Glee Club make of it -?Just recently I read on the Care2 site ( I'm sure it'll be other places as well, and I have no clue how to put links in, or whatever you call them, sorry ) about an 18 yr-old high school student in Mississippi whose school has decided they would rather cancel the Senior Prom Night than allow her to bring her girlfriend to the shindig. As if this " It's my ball and I'm not playing!" reaction were n... |
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New Lesbian Adventure group - Holds several popular eventsBeen thinking that you are bored, need to get out and do something new, dont know what to try? Why not join Adventure Dykes an amazing gorup for gay women to get together and have fun previous activities include paintball, surfing weekend, climbing and mountain biking. And coming up we have a paintball event and a camping trip to the lake district where we will be doing canyoning which is an aweso... |
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JosephI can’t sleep, Everyone is expecting me to keep Track of the days and track of the time Telling her everything will be fine And its like the whole world is against me Even my best friends are sick of me pretending No! I can’t do it anymore, my head is thumping Images in my head of my brother’s heart not pumping Its disturbing to think how he almost died At nine years old, now who’s the one I’m gon... |
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The Role of the Father has been downgradedLegislation has effectively dismissed the contribution of half the population to the upbringing of the next generation, says Ruth Deech, the chairman of the Bar Standards Board. Over the last half a century there has been a sea change in society’s attitude towards same-sex relationships, marriage and the family. Homosexuality has moved from criminal status to legalisation, from legalisation to a... |
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Can I?Can I choose a path to walk down? Can I change my life today? Can I make it all seem better? Can I take the pain away? Can I love without the hurt? Can I hate without the fight? Can I please ask someone? To turn on, that distant light? So I may find my way to heavens gate And forgive who I truly hate…Can I have your shoulder to cry on? Can I lean on you, to hold me up? Can I please have no re... |
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A Lesbian Activist - In the Closet?OK - So most of you know me as the co-founder of PrettyPinkPearl now known as The Queen Village. I have been an OUT and PROUD lesbian for the last 17 years and have really not given 2 hoots about what people think about me or what is said about my sexuality. I declared my sexuality to my Mum at 16yrs old and faced 2 years of rejection. I was a member of Inverness Christian Fell... |
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Just Fail.Some of you might have read the last blog I did about the painting competition I entered a while a go. Well, just to update you, despite the deadline for it being put back another two days, I still failed to finish it on time. After pulling four all-nighters on it to try and get it done in time. (And I tell you now, three all-nighters in one week do not do you any good at all! It made me a bit ill... |
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A work in progressI guess I've always known on some level that I wasn't 'straight' but I didnt alway know how to embrace it. I remember liking girls when I was 8 but i never remeber liking boys. I kinda wanted to be one of the boys and was envious of the fact that I couldn't play on the football tem etc. When I hit my teens I got with girls and boys. thinking back...ewwww. What was I doing but I felt this great n... |
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