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  • Supermodel: Ignore your kids on ‘No Mother’s Day’ to support global abortion access (Repost)

    05/12/2013 12:50:01 PM PDT · by Morgana · 25 replies
    Life Site ^ | Ben Johnson
    LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, May 11, 2012, (LifeSiteNews.com) – This Sunday, children of all ages will celebrate the role mothers play in their lives. But Vogue model Christy Turlington Burns and a host of female celebrities are encouraging mothers across the nation to ignore their children as part of “No Mother’s Day,” a sign of their support for reducing maternal mortality by supporting family planning and global access to abortion. The campaign asks women to “disappear” on Mother’s Day to raise awareness of maternal mortality rates and underscore “just how much a mother is missed when she’s gone.” But amidst positive...
  • Gay Pride Events Becoming Family Affairs

    06/28/2003 2:33:12 PM PDT · by LurkedLongEnough · 27 replies · 747+ views
    Excite News ^ | June 28, 2003 | LISA LEFF (AP)
    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - For 10 years, Bryan Nadeu strutted in the Gay Pride parade as part of a marching band, hammering out a beat on a drum while wearing a rainbow-plumed hat. But that was B.F. - Before Fatherhood. Now, with a 14-month-old toddler in tow, he has other things to worry about while preparing for Sunday's San Francisco parade: Baby backpack or stroller? Will there be diaper-changing stations? And how to retreat if his kid melts at the loud music and crowds? "It's like I'm figuring out how I can be a father and still be gay," Nadeu...