1.   Florida was the first state to ban homosexual adoptions and has been joined in the past year by Utah and Mississippi.

2.   A gay man exchanged vows with a lesbian woman Friday in public protest of a ban on homosexual adoptions and artificial insemination.

3.   A gay man exchanged vows with a lesbian woman Friday in public protest against a ban on homosexual adoptions and artificial insemination.

4.   A gay man exchanged vows with a lesbian woman Friday in what they called a protest against a ban on homosexual adoptions and artificial insemination.

5.   Conservatives and other opponents of the bill fear it could lead to homosexual adoptions.

6.   First introduced in October, the so-called Civil Solidarity Pact has triggered fierce debate and street protests by those who fear it could lead to homosexual adoption.

7.   In the past, however, Dutch bishops have been among those opposed to homosexual adoption on moral and biblical grounds.

8.   Opponents contend the measure strikes at the heart of French values and could lead to homosexual adoptions.

9.   Some U.S. states allow homosexual adoption and a few forbid it.

10.   The American Academy of Pediatrics has endorsed homosexual adoption, saying gay couples can provide the loving, stable and emotionally healthy family life that children need.