{"id":5195,"date":"2011-02-16T10:50:40","date_gmt":"2011-02-16T10:50:40","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-02-16T10:50:40","modified_gmt":"2011-02-16T10:50:40","slug":"michigan-lawmakers-propose-legislation-to-expand-rights-of-adoptive-gay-parents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2011\/02\/michigan-lawmakers-propose-legislation-to-expand-rights-of-adoptive-gay-parents\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan lawmakers propose legislation to expand rights of adoptive gay parents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Under Michigan\u2019s current adoption laws, only a single person or a married couple can adopt.  Rep. Jeff Irwin, D-Ann Arbor [pictured] proposed Bill 4249 to expand those rights to same-sex couples and others.  Second-parent laws in the state allow a married step-parent to adopt a biological child of his or her current spouse. <\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.annarbor.com\/news\/proposed-legislation-would-expand-rights-of-gay-parents\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gays and lesbians don\u2019t have the same rights as heterosexual couples<\/a>,\u201d said Irwin, responding to a question on expected criticism of the proposed legislation. \u201cI think it\u2019s discriminating and there\u2019s no legal basis for it.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>State Sen. Rebekah Warren, D-Ann Arbor, is also sponsoring a complementary bill in the Senate. If passed, it would not apply retroactively.<\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#appId=172516468500&amp;xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:comments numposts=\"10\" width=\"425\" publish_feed=\"true\"><\/fb:comments><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Under Michigan\u2019s current adoption laws, only a single person or a married couple can adopt. Rep. 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