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The following video shows what can happen when constitutional amendments are passed. Tom and Dennis Patrick lost their joint health benefits when Michigan passed an amendment to "protect" families. The Patrick family lost their shared health insurance after Michigan's attorney general ruled that state employees could no longer share benefits.

We may not know much about him in the U.S., but elsewhere in the world Ben Cohen is admired and highly respected as an athlete and role model for young men. Among other good deeds, he recently organized an appreciation night for his gay fans.

Now Cohen is the face of the Problem Shared campaign, which supports first-time fathers.

LoHud.com - the newspaper for New York's Lower Hudson Valley - profiles a family that's making a difference in the world.

Maurice Assouline, left, and Craig Sampson have three children, and live in Montebello, New York.

Assouline says, "When I saw what happened on September 11, I realized that I've got to bring into this world people that hopefully will be decent human beings, to balance all the evil that's out there. We started right after that to pick surrogates."

Greg - at Daddy Types - continues to examine all corners of parenthood. In a February 19th post, he reports on research coming from Sweden - about the connection between the birth canal and children's eczema.

According to Science Daily:

In his first blog post, Proud Parenting member - rodneycruise - introduces his partner Jeff and their son Ethan.

The family lives in Richmond, Victoria - in Australia - and the two fathers run a website called Gay Dads Australia.

GDA is a site that supports gay men who are planning on, or who are already parents. It includes active discussion lists and calendars - to keep members informed of events in and around Victoria and New South Wales.

Proud Parenting member - Todduscraig - has been blogging about his family's quest for an approved second parent adoption in Colorado.

In his first post, he writes:

"My husband AJ is going to the court house today to begin the process for second parent adoption. The democratic legislature in Colorado just last year passed a law that allows for any second parent to adopt, which include gay couples."

Ross and J. are using the Internet to pursue open adoption. They're already busy with Connor, their little boy - born in 2005 - and the dads think he'll be a "great big brother".

The couple believes strongly in open adoptions. Each open adoption is different - and based on the type of relationship that the birth parents and the adoptive parents have agreed to.

We interviewed Ross and J. to learn about their experience with this type of adoption - and gained insight into their pioneering method of finding open adoption online.

There's a network of gay men in Boston who have children. Some are divorced, some separated, and some still married. Some are in committed relationships with other men - and some are single. And everyone has kids!

The group meets on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month at the First Parish Church in Waltham from 7-9 pm.

According to The Seattle Times, the U.S. Census Bureau estimates that 19 percent of male couples in Washington are raising children younger than 18. That's about 1,423 families with gay dads.

Feather Boa Fathers is a support group made of gay dads or men who are thinking about it.

In the true spirit of "it takes a village", it's a way, dads say, for their children to get to know others growing up in families like their own. They meet regularly and have experience with adoption, foster care and surrogacy.

He made Oregon State a national contender that reached the College World Series. And now Kirk Walker is believed to be the only openly gay coach in NCAA Division I athletics.

Walker became a dad in 2006 after completing an open adoption he pursued with his long-time partner. In an interview with ESPN, Walker said it took about 6 months to complete the necessary paperwork and enter the adoption pool, just the first step in the long adoption process.