Endorsing Organizations

Adoption/Foster Care and Child Welfare Organizations Adoption Connection The Adoption Exchange Adoption Resources of Wisconsin American Humane Association American Psychological Association Building Bridges Center for Family Connections Child and Family Services Child Welfare League of America City Families Colorado Coalition of Adoptive Families Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption EMQ FamiliesFirst Family Builders Family Design Resources Family Youth Initiative Independent Adoption Association Massachusets Adoption Resource Exchange, Inc. National Adoption Center New York Council on Adoptable Children North American Council on Adoptable Children Northwest Adoption Exchange Northwest Resource Associates NYS Citizens Coalition for Children Three Rivers Adoption Council TLC Child and Family Services Oregon Post Adoption Resource Center Voice for Adoption We Hear the Children, Inc. Civil Rights Organizations American Civil Liberties Union American Humanist Association Black Leadership Forum Civil Rights Agenda Hip Hop Caucus National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) National Council of Negro Women, Inc. National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health People for the American Way Secular Coalition for America South Asian Americans Leading Together Faith Based Organizations African American Ministers in Action Equal Justice Task Force California Faith for Equality Ecumenical Catholic Church Equally Blessed Coalition Institute for Judaism and Sexual Orientation, Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion Interfaith Alliance Metropolitan Community Church of New York National Coalition of American Nuns National Council of Jewish Women New Ways Ministry Reconciling Ministries Network Religious Action Center The Religious Institute Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations (UUA) United Church of Christ Women's Alliance for Theology, Ethics and Ritual (WATER) LGBT Advocacy Organizations Advocates for Youth Atticus Circle Basic Rights Oregon Centerlink The Civil Rights Agenda COLAGE Equality Arizona Equality Federation Equality Maryland Equality North Carolina Fairness West Virginia Families Like Ours Family Equality Council Florida Together Coalition Gay Lesbian Advocates and Defenders (GLAD) Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network Georgia Equality Global Justice Institute Human Rights Campaign Immigration Equality Integrity USA Kentucky Fairness Alliance KhushDC Lambda Legal Log Cabin Republicans Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition MassEquality MEGA Family Project Mountain Meadow National Black Justice Coalition National Center for Lesbian Rights National Center for Transgender Equality The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force National Stonewall Democrats Our Family Coalition OutFront Minnesota PFLAG National ProMo Missouri Transgender Law Center The Trevor Project

If you would like your organization to endorse the Every Child Deserves A Family Act contact Diego Sanchez, Director of Policy, at dsanchez@pflag.org

Several major medical and professional organizations have had policy statements in support of LGBT parenting, adoption, and foster care for many years. Some of these include:

• American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (1999)
• American Academy of Family Physicians (2002)
• American Academy of Pediatrics (2002)
• American Bar Association (1995, 1999, 2003)
• American Psychiatric Association (1997, 2002)
• American Psychoanalytic Association (2002)
• American Psychological Association (1976, 2004)
• American Medical Association (2004)
• Child Welfare League of America (1988)
• National Association of Social Workers (2002)
• North American Council on Adoptable Children (1998; amend. 2002; amend. 2005)

You can download a PDF of these collected policy statements by clicking here. (Courtesy of the Family Equality Council.)