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Custody fight for lesbian moms in Dallas. Case could set a legal precedent in Texas

The Dallas Voice uncovers a domestic tug-of-war that is surfacing in Texas news. As a matter of fact, this custody case may set a precedent in the Lone Star State.

Tracy Scourfield has cut all ties between her biological daughter and her former partner, Kristie Vowels. Vowels has filed a lawsuit seeking joint custody and the right to adopt the 4-year-old.

Southwest Florida's WINK News reports on the current financial struggle of the state's foster care system. According to the news source, "deep cuts in the state budget" could damage the lives of thousands of children in Florida's foster network.

State Senator Nan Rich (pictured) has introduced a new bill that would allow judges to consider the child's best interest when placing them in permanent homes. Representative Mary Brandenburg is sponsoring the bill in the House.

Ok, so one some level despite the hope I would be wrong my intuition could not have been more correct. I got dumped by the guy I was seeing. Not for the reasons that were spoken but for other reasons that were not spoken. The interesting fact is that I should have known this was a game and I should have never played…but how does one tell?

A petition drive is underway in Arkansas to force a vote on lesbian and gay parents. An ultra-conservative group wants to prohibit minors from being adopted or placed in a foster home in which a would-be parent is “cohabiting with a sexual partner outside of a marriage which is valid under the constitution and laws of this state.”

The group's called the Arkansas Family Council Action Committee, and it's seeking signatures throughout an established network of churches. It's a political wing of the Family Council.