Four designs of same-sex marriage cards are being gradually released this summer by Hallmark and the collection will be widely available by next year.

Hallmark spokesperson Sarah Gronberg Kolell told the AP: "It's our goal to be as relevant as possible to as many people as we can."

Hallmark's largest competitor, American Greetings Corp., has no plans to enter the market, saying its current offerings are general enough to speak to a lot of different relationships.

Singer Ricky Martin has become the father of twin boys with the help of a surrogate mother. His spokesperson said he'll take time away from his career to raise them.

The boys were delivered via gestational surrogacy, but no further details were released.

"Ricky is elated to begin this new chapter in his life as a parent and will be spending the remainder of the year out of the public spotlight in order to spend time with his children," said the statement issued by his New York-based spokesperson.

All teachers at Florida's Ponce de Leon High School must attend sensitivity classes in order support free speech for the school's lesbian and gay students.

The American Civil Liberties Union sued the Holmes County School District when a principal banned students from wearing rainbow-colored clothing or other items that he said showed "support for homosexuality".

Booklist magazine reviews Todd Parr's 2007 book, We Belong Together: A Book About Adoption and Families:

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