Word: fostering
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...ruling, which came in a lawsuit filed by two homosexual men challenging Dukakis' foster care policy, could have immediate and farreaching implications--particularly in a similar suit over the governor's decision to locate a new state prison in New Braintree...
...high court's ruling came in a suit filed by Donald Babets and David Jean, two homosexuals challenging the Dukakis administration's decision to remove two young boys from foster care in their Boston home. The men argued that they needed access to the administration's policymaking process to prove their claim that their rights were violated...
After a study, the Department of Social Services promulgated new rules laying out a system of priorities for placing foster children that gave lowest priority to gay individuals who lacked experience as parents. The system gave first priority to married traditional couples with children...
Other journal entries are less encouraging. Cynthia, a former foster child who sits in front of Bianca in class, once wrote, "I would like a magic ring that do anything I said and I would want my baby doll to be a real baby." The teacher wrote back, asking her, "How would you take care of a real baby and still go to school?" She answered, "I have a mom, you know." To this, the teacher replied in her red ink, "This isn't your mom's baby. Why should she take care of it?" No reply...
ADMINISTRATION: Donald Sweet, Alan J. Abrams, Denise Brown, Teresa A. Foster, Helga Halaki, Katharine K. McNevin, Rafael Soto, Carrie Ross Welch...