Public comment period extended for ban on homosexual adoptions 
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Published: August 23, 2011
Virginia’s Board of Social Services has granted more time for the public to weigh in on whether it should allow state-licensed groups to turn down prospective adoptive and foster parents because of their sexual orientation.
Advocacy groups had asked the board to extend public comment for 30 days on regulations approved in April that would strip ...
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