BOSTON --Chinese policies aimed primarily at keeping its children out of the homes of same-sex couples has helped cause a 6 percent drop in adoptions in Massachusetts in the last year. The University of Massachusetts Center for Adoption Research found that the adoption of Chinese babies in the state has declined by 17 percent, the Boston Globe reported Monday. Overall there were 161 fewer adoptions in Massachusetts in 2004 than the year before, the center found. While researchers pinpointed several factors that contributed to the drop, they determined that the policies of the Chinese government had the largest impact. In...