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Mississippi Advances Unconstitutional Gay Adoption Ban That Also Bars Recognition of Gay Adoptions in Other States (03/07/2000)
JACKSON, MS - Going further than any state that has considered banning lesbian and gay adoption, the Mississippi House Judiciary Committee today passed a bill that would severely curtail the number of children who can move from foster care into permanent, suitable adoptive homes.

ACLU Joins Children's Advocacy Group in Fighting Utah's Biased, Restrictive Adoption Policy (11/30/1999)
SALT LAKE CITY -- Acting on behalf of three potential adoptive parents, the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Center for Lesbian Rights today sought to join a legal challenge to a state policy designed to bar gay, lesbian and unmarried heterosexual couples from adopting needy children.

MS Court Dismisses Man's $144 Million Retaliation Lawsuit in Child Custody Battle with Lesbian Ex-Wife (11/23/1999)
TUPELO, MS -- A local man's $144 million lawsuit against his lesbian ex-wife, her lawyers and the state judge who presided over his child custody and visitation battle has been dismissed as "frivolous and misguided," the American Civil Liberties Union said today.

Lesbian Mom Fights Court Ban On Taking Daughter to Church (09/01/1999)
WICHITA FALLS, TX -- Rights groups led by the American Civil Liberties Union today asked a Texas appeals court to reverse a trial judge's order barring a lesbian mother from bringing her 5-year-old daughter to anything but a "main line" church.

House Rejects Attack on Gay Families (07/29/1999)
The measure, which would have prohibited unmarried couples in the District of Columbia from adopting children, was offered as an amendment to the annual spending bill for the District of Columbia by Representative Steve Largent (R-OK). It was defeated on a vote of 213 to 215. 

TX Judge Turns Down Social Worker's "Emergency" Action Against Lesbian and Gay Parenting (06/22/1999)
DALLAS--A social worker has been blocked in her "emergency" attempt to prevent the state of Texas from placing children in gay or lesbian foster or adoptive homes, the American Civil Liberties Union said today.

ACLU Challenges Florida Ban On Lesbian and Gay Adoption (05/26/1999)
KEY WEST, FL -- Vowing to overturn the only law in the nation that bans gays and lesbians from adopting children, the American Civil Liberties Union and Children First Project today filed a federal lawsuit against the state of Florida.

Court Restores Rights for Lesbian Mother (05/05/1999)
TUPELO, MS -- In a reassuring affirmation of the rights of lesbian and gay parents, a chancery court in Mississippi has struck down a discriminatory restriction on a lesbian mother's right to visit her children, the American Civil Liberties Union said today.

In a National First, NH Lawmakers Repeal Ban on Gay and Lesbian Foster Care and Adoption (04/23/1999)
CONCORD, NH--In a stunning reversal, New Hampshire this week repealed a 12-year-old law banning gays and lesbians from foster or adoptive parenting.

ACLU Challenges Arkansas Policy Banning Gay and Lesbian Foster Parents (04/06/1999)
LITTLE ROCK, AR -- In a state where the foster care system is in crisis, the American Civil Liberties Union today challenged a new policy prohibiting qualified gays and lesbians -- and any heterosexuals who live with them -- from serving as foster parents.

Recognizing Lesbian and Gay Family Relationships, NJ Appeals Court Grants Visitation Rights to Woman's Former Partner (03/08/1999)
TRENTON, N.J.-- In the first appeals court decision addressing the issue of visitation rights of a lesbian or gay non-biological co-parent, a New Jersey court said that the former partner of a lesbian mother was entitled to visitation with the twins she helped raise since birth.

Mississippi Supreme Court Made a Tragic Mistake in Denying Custody to Gay Father, Experts Say (02/17/1999)
OXFORD, MS--The Mississippi Supreme Court made a tragic mistake last week when it denied a gay father custody of his minor son, condemning the child to a home wracked with domestic violence and excessive drinking.

Mississippi Supreme Court Denies Child Custody to Gay Father in Favor of Violent Stepdad (02/08/1999)
JACKSON, MS--Denying an appeal by the American Civil Liberties Union, Mississippi's highest court has refused to allow a 15-year-old boy to live with his gay father, even though the child's mother is now married to man with a history of violence and substance abuse who has repeatedly beaten her in front of the boy.