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	<title>Forbidden Family &#187; Certificate of Adoption</title>
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	<description>A Half Orphan&#039;s Account of Her Adoption, Reunion and Social Activism * * * book, website and blog by Joan M Wheeler, BA, BSW, adoptee, author, activist * * * Promoting Adoption Reform Since 1974</description>
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		<title>Philippines’ Miss Universe Contestant Ousted Because of False Information on Her Birth Certificate</title>
		<link>http://forbiddenfamily.net/2010/04/01/philippines-miss-universe-ousted-because-of-false-information-on-her-birth-certificate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 03:24:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>legitimatebastard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another stunning announcement about birth certificates, this time from the Miss Philippines-Universe organization. Maria Venus Raj was disqualified not because she was born in Qatar, but because:
she got the boot after local organizers realized she was born overseas to an Indian man and Filipina mother, who were not married.
Her citizenship was not questioned, but the status [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shame on the British Parliament for Upholding Gay Rights as the Political Correct Action on Birth Certificates for the Donor-Conceived</title>
		<link>http://forbiddenfamily.net/2010/03/31/shame-on-the-british-parliament-for-upholding-gay-rights-as-the-political-correct-action-on-birth-certificates-for-the-donor-conceived/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 04:07:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>legitimatebastard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There’s a new article published in United Kingdom’s Daily Mail: Mothers and fathers disappear from birth certificates to allow homosexual couples to be named as parents, article by Steve Doughty, 29th March 2010.
This story differs from the American story of two gay men being named on their adopted son’s birth certificate. That was a “victory” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congrats to Mara for Publication of “Sealed Away” Article Highlighting The Census&#8217; Discrimination Against Adoptees</title>
		<link>http://forbiddenfamily.net/2010/03/29/congrats-to-mara-for-publication-of-%e2%80%9csealed-away%e2%80%9d-article-highlighting-the-census-discrimination-against-adoptees/</link>
		<comments>http://forbiddenfamily.net/2010/03/29/congrats-to-mara-for-publication-of-%e2%80%9csealed-away%e2%80%9d-article-highlighting-the-census-discrimination-against-adoptees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 21:20:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>halforphan56</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adoptee Birth Certificates]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mara’s tenacity paid off.
I’m glad to re-print her published letter in the Times-Standard (serving Eureka and California’s North Coast) here. It is a testimony as to the generational effects of adoption’s sealed and falsified birth certificates for adoptees. Coincidentally, Mara’s article  was published previously here as “Guest Post: Census Rant”.
http://www.times-standard.com/letters/ci_14754681
Sealed away
Letters to the Editor
Posted: 03/25/2010 02:10:17 AM [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Access to Adoptees&#8217; Birth Certificates is Not Enough to Break the Cycle</title>
		<link>http://forbiddenfamily.net/2010/03/05/access-to-adoptees-birth-certificates-is-not-enough-to-break-the-cycle/</link>
		<comments>http://forbiddenfamily.net/2010/03/05/access-to-adoptees-birth-certificates-is-not-enough-to-break-the-cycle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:41:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>halforphan56</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s an incredible discussion about Cully Ray&#8217;s and Mara Rigge&#8217;s Idea for Change in America at the change.org website:
http://www.change.org/ideas/view/return_adult_adoptees_the_right_to_their_original_birth_certificates
Go there to vote in favor of true Open Records for Adoptees. Read the comments and add your own!
 
My last comment there was this:
If you doubt just how deeply Christian thought is entrenched in adoption, a close [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Truth, Honesty, and the American Way</title>
		<link>http://forbiddenfamily.net/2010/02/16/truth-honesty-and-the-american-way/</link>
		<comments>http://forbiddenfamily.net/2010/02/16/truth-honesty-and-the-american-way/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:47:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>halforphan56</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I wrote my letter to the South Dakota Senators (see previous post) asking them to vote yes to the Bill allowing access to adoptees for a noncertified copy of their original birth certificates, I couldn’t help but notice the following:
When a new certificate of birth is established pursuant to §§ 34-25-15 to 34-25-16.2, inclusive, the [...]]]></description>
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