July 31, 2006, The Associated Press article the Vatican underscoring church policy by issuing a document urging Catholic and non-Catholic politicians to oppose laws giving rights to gays, including adoption. The article is posted Beliefnet.com and includes a link to the full document.

March 11, 2006, The Boston Globe article about Catholic Charities decision to end offering adoption services rather than comply with state law requiring that gays be allowed to adopt children (subscription required).

June 12, 2013, Michigan Radio article about Michigan adoption agencies that don’t work with same-sex couples.

June 18, 2013, Los Angeles Times article about Russia’s parliament voting to approve a law that bans the adoption of Russian orphans by foreign same-sex married couples or by single persons from countries where same-sex marriages are allowed.

March 12, 2006, The Washington Post editorial about courts ruling in favor of the rights of gay and lesbian parents.

An article from the September-October 2006 issue of Children’s Voice, the magazine of the Child Welfare League of America, which describes issues and considerations for agencies regarding gay adoption.

Lee M. Williams is professor of marital and family therapy in the School of Leadership and Education Sciences at the University of San Diego. He is the author of several articles on interchurch couples, including “Premarital Counseling With Interchurch Couples: Clinical Implications From Recent Research,” published in 2002 in the Journal of Couple and Relationship Therapy.

Pamela Jordan is an associate professor of family and child nursing at the University of Washington and developer of the Becoming Parents Program. Her research focuses on the transition to parenthood and supporting individuals and couples as they become parents.

Judith K. Balswick is senior professor of marital and family therapy in the School of Psychology at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, Calif.