Over the years, positive changes have slowly been made- "lesbian and gay men are increasingly able to obtain equal parenting rights, whether as a result of seeking custody and access, by means of adoption, or through alternative insemination procedures." ... According to a paper by the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, "Without legal acknowledgement of the relationship between the child and the non-biological parent, the latter may not even be able to take the child out of school to go to the dentist, authorize a field trip, or consent to medical treatment."... They too search out the proper da...

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Also, they have over one hundred thousand fans, they got to the top of the Alternative New Artist Chart, did a MTV TRL show, got a gold album in their homeland of Canada and later a second one in Japan, and they sold out their first-ever tour in Japan. ... And if they can handle hardcore problems like that with no sweat--well, almost none--then I"m sure we can learn from them to keep our cool about dumb stuff like relationships and school work. ...

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