Arizona couple and their twelve children get seven-page spread in Phoenix newspaper

This is a story that must be read, about Roger and Steven Ham, a gay male couple in Arizona (Roger changed his last name to Steven's in 2007, and all the children have the same last name), and their 12 adopted children. That's right, 12. First there was one child, who missed his four younger siblings. The five had been split into three foster homes when they were taken from their mother.

New Arizona adoption statute prefers married heterosexual parents

Leave it to the Arizona legislature to enact another bad piece of legislation that reflects extreme right wing views. On Monday, Gov. Jan Brewer signed SB 1188 which creates a preference that a child be adopted by "a married man and woman." The act applies to anyone licensed to place children for adoption.A single individual can be an adoptive parent if one of the following conditions exists: a