Celebrating Gracie’s 2nd “Gotcha Day”
Gotcha Day is a term we use to talk about the day she came into our family through Adoption! These are photos from the beginning (although the first 2 months of photos are not on here, they will be updated and added later!)
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Photos from our 10/3/09 dog Adoption event. Please consider adopting a rescued dog or cat ….
For more info check out our website:
www.pethavenmn.org
and our blogs:
http://pethavendogs.blogspot.com
http//pethavencats.blogspot.com
Photos by: Agnes Dinger – created at http://animoto.com
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After a day of visiting and taking photos at my local SPCA, I was so moved that I decided to make a video to help promote (responsible) dog Adoptions. All but one of the photos in the beginning of the clip are from that day. The rest are photos that I’ve taken of people with their dogs over the years. Hope Tesla doesn’t mind their song being used. Hope you enjoy.
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gay families photos and paintings
collection of photos from flickr members who let blogs their images
paintings by raphael perez
LGBT Parenting is when lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people are parents to one or more children. This can include same-sex couples where one or both are LGBT, raise children together, either through adoption, fostering, surrogacy, donor-insemination, or bringing children into the partnership from a previous relationship. This can also include single people who are parenting and to a lesser extent sometimes refers to issues where the children are LGBT.
In the United States a third of lesbian couples, and nearly a quarter of gay couples, fulfill this role, raising over a quarter of a million children. All major agencies concerned with child-welfare agree that evidence shows that in terms of childrens’ outcomes, lesbian and gay parents are as suitable as parents who are in heterosexual marriages.
Many LGBT people are parents through various means including current or former relationships, Adoption, donor insemination, and surrogacy; LGBT people are eligible to act as foster carers in some countries (such as the UK). In the 2000 U.S. Census, 33 percent of female same-sex couple households and 22 percent of male same-sex couple households reported at least one child under eighteen living in their home. [1] A lesbian or gay man may have children within a mixed-orientation marriage either because of a fear of discrimination, to manage Ego-dystonic sexual orientation, affection or love, [2] desire for family, [3] or spiritual reasons. [4][5] [6] [7] [8] Some children do not know they have an LGB parent; coming out issues vary and some parents may never come out to their children. [9] [10]
LGBT parenting in general, adoption by LGBT couples in particular, are issues of ongoing political controversy in many Western countries, often seen as part of culture wars between conservatives and social liberals. In January 2008, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that same-sex couples have the right to adopt a child.[11][12] In the U.S., LGB people can legally adopt in all states except for Florida.[13] Because of these issues parents often choose to stay closeted in various ways.
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Photos from our 10/3/09 dog Adoption event. Please consider adopting a rescued dog or cat ….
For more info check out our website:
www.pethavenmn.org
and our blogs:
http://pethavendogs.blogspot.com
http//pethavencats.blogspot.com
Photos by: Agnes Dinger – created at http://animoto.com
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Photos from the day Wrigley, Rose and Mercedes arrive from up north on 5/5 and photos of adoptable dogs from our 5/3/08 Adoption event
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Months and now years have gone by for many of these children, whose Adoptions are still not completed. Children have been taken in birthmother interviews away from their orphanages and foster families, orphanages have been raided, and time is passing. These photos are our photos of when we first “met” them and who they are today while we still wait.
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To view ALL photos from 09/16/2009, go to http://www.tinyurl.com/shelterphotos – The cats’s information card is displayed immediately following the dog’s photo. Pause video and write down the seven-digit “A number”. New photos are posted weekly.
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To view ALL photos from 09/16/2009, go to http://www.tinyurl.com/dogphotos – The dog’s information card is displayed immediately following the dog’s photo. Pause video and write down the seven-digit “A number”. New photos are posted weekly.
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Our sweet boy Jack was adopted in December of 2006. These photos are from his time in the orphanage from age 3 to current. He is 6 years old and the light of our lives. Such a smart, sweet, adorable boy. We can’t imagine life without him. Thanks to everyone who helped me with photos of our sweetie while he was in China – the wonderful Harvard students who worked at his orphanage and Half The Sky Foundation who kept detailed records of his development while he was in their program. These are priceless treasures – especially for a boy who always says “let me see MY baby pictures!” 
I’m so happy to have them.
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