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.

A March 2004 paper by the Center for Religion and Civic Culture at the University of Southern California which details the history of faith groups’ involvement in 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.

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

Jack O. Balswick is senior professor of sociology and family development in the School of Psychology at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, Calif.

David Kinnaman is president of the Barna Group, which conducts research on religious life within the United States and around the world.

Orange County Congregation Community Organization lobbied the city of Anaheim to include affordable housing in a large new housing development.

Congregations Organizing for Renewal works to create affordable housing in Hayward, Calif., where 80 percent of families can’t afford the median-priced home. COR represents 13 congregations.

EAH develops, manages and promotes affordable housing in California and Hawaii. Originally named the Ecumenical Association for Housing, it has developed, acquired or renovated more than 5,000 units of affordable housing since its founding in 1968. It has won dozens of awards and has a staff of 350.