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...French law allowed single parents to adopt a child, thereby opening up the possibility for adoption by a single homosexual," the judgment found. The judgment forces France to allow Emmanuelle B., a 45-year-old nursery school teacher who has lived with her female partner for nearly 20 years, to adopt, and orders France to pay $14,600 in damages and $21,210 in legal costs...
...vote, the Strasbourg-based court ruled Tuesday that a plaintiff identified only as Emmanuelle B. had been the victim of illegal discrimination when successive French authorities denied her request to adopt a child in 1998. The court faulted the French courts for citing "the lack of a paternal referent in the household", and said the woman's homosexuality had been "if not explicit, at least implicit" in France's rejection of her adoption request. The Court judged France had violated the European Convention on Human Rights - to which France and the other 46 Council of Europe members are signatories...
...university and college presidents to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases by 80 percent by 2050 that has been signed by 440 university presidents. “Every university and college in America that is dedicated to teaching students correctly and instilling moral values has to make a commitment to adopt this [pledge],” Kerry said. “And any university with a multi-billion dollar endowment such as Harvard has an even greater responsibility.” Students who attended the event said Kerry’s speech was refreshing for its candor...
...responsible for "the evolution of visits to museums during free entry periods," or the "share of French films" in the nation's cinema market, as stipulated? And will it really be the fault of Education Minister Xavier Darcos if reviewers find that not enough French schoolteachers have rushed to adopt another Sarkozy priority: working overtime...
...officials contend that their rules would require at least 36 mpg by 2016, with room to grow. The idea that there would suddenly be a "patchwork" of state CO2 regulations seems unlikely as well, since only California has put forward its own standards, with 16 other states ready to adopt Sacramento's rules, in line with California's role as a national leader on environmental regulation. And several recent court cases have recognized the right of states to regulate CO2 as a pollutant like any other. The fact that at international climate meetings the White House has actually advertised state...