Same Sex, Different Politics: Success and Failure in the Struggles over Gay Rights (Chicago Studies in American Politics) Why is it so much harder for American same-sex couples to get married than it is for them to adopt children? And why does our military prevent gays from serving openly even though jurisdictions nationwide continue to [...]

It is now scientifically proved that children get equal love and affection from the same sex parents as with the other couples. Yet, these couples face major difficulties in adopting children as they have to fight a long legal and social battle to win over. In fact they yet resort to the surrogated mothers or [...]

  Same sex couples are not recognized when filing federal income tax returns.  In 1996, the Defense of Marriage Act defined marriage as between one man and one woman, prohibiting federal recognition of same sex married couples and polygamists.  So, same sex couples cannot file joint federal returns. Some states, however, do recognize same sex [...]

SAME SEX CUSTODY DISPUTES Families come in all sizes, colors, shapes—and sexual identities. While state legislatures and courts continue to struggle with same sex marriages, civil unions, and adoptions by gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered people, the states have pretty much resolved how to handle family disputes arising in these groups. Regardless of whether “parents” [...]

As the number of gay couples with a desire to achieve biological parenthood grows, there has been a growing demands for IVF (in vitro fertilization) pregnancy. Through the services of egg, or sperm donors, ovulation induction of egg donors, and gestational carriers, it is now common to utilize IVF to maximize chance of succeed. Like [...]