Poor paper trail.Virginia may not be the most gay-friendly state, but a proposal to bar gay adoptive parents adoptive parents Social medicine Persons who lawfully adopt children, who are generally married couples but may be single persons, including homosexuals; most APs are married in other states from getting both of their names listed en birth certificates issued in Virginia just went too far, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a state senate committee, which blocked the legislation by one vote on January 19. The news was music to the ears of Tim Fisher and partner Scott Davenport Davenport, city (1990 pop. 95,333), seat of Scott co., E central Iowa, on the Mississippi River; inc. 1836. Bridges connect it with the Illinois cities of Rock Island and Moline; the three communities and neighboring Bettendorf, Iowa, are known as the Quad Cities. : They are the proud fathers of Kati, 15, and Fritz fritz n. Informal A condition in which something does not work properly: Our television is on the fritz. [Perhaps from German Fritz , 13--neither of whom has ever had a correct birth certificate with both dads listed. "Virginia is clearly not a place to be if you want to be a gay or lesbian parent," says Fisher. The family lives in Maryland; Kati and Fritz just happened to have been born in Virginia hospitals. |
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