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A Plea for Equal Consideration
My partner and I are a gay couple living in Greenville, SC. After having discussed adoption for several years, we decided last year to begin the process through the State's Department of Social Services. We began In May and we're very happy to have been approved to adopt last September...or should we say that one of us has been approved.A Very Happy, Two-Mommy Two-Baby Boy Family
I stay home with our sons and my partner Karen goes to work. She happily says that "I have a job, Jennifer is the one who works!
Our Adoption Adventure
On November 09, 2006 I received an urgent email from my partner, Stan. "The agency just called. How would you like to be the father of a little girl?"
From Respite to Guardianship to Foster Care to Adoption
He doesn't say many words although one he does say is "Dad".
Blessings in Our Lives
We are honored to be their parents. They are the two bravest individuals that I have ever met. I pray that they may both continue to thrive and to become the wonderful men that I know that they can be.
A Full, Loving Household
Our call came in November 2006 the same day we were licensed. Could we provide respite care for three siblings (ages 5, 3 and 2) for ten days? Sure, we said, not realizing the children would wrap themselves around our hearts and eventually move into our home as our forever family.
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