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2 Gay Dads, 12 Happy Kids

It's 11-year-old Andrew's turn to set the table for dinner, and he deals out 14 paper plates as if they were playing cards.

Marcus, 5, climbs onto a bench and announces, "It smells like pancakes."

His brother, 3-year-old Cooper, counters, "I think it smells like chicken."

"It smells like Ambrose," says Logan, 7, climbing in between Cooper and their sister Ambrose, who's 4. She glares at the laughing boys.

Actually, it smells like spaghetti. A big pot of homemade sauce is bubbling on the stove.

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Stark introduces bill to fight bias in adoptions

Measure would penalize states with anti-gay laws By Chris Johnson Friday, October 23, 2009 A federal lawmaker is touting an anti-discrimination in adoption bill he recently introduced as a way to find more homes for children living in the welfare system. U.S. Rep. Pete Stark (D-Calif.) on Oct. 15 introduced the Every Child Deserves a Family Act, which would restrict federal funds for states that discriminate in adoption or foster programs on the basis of marital status, sexual orientation or gender identity. Stark said in an interview that he introduced the bill, H.R.
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