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Florida's gay adoption ban ruled unconstitutional
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Sep 22, 2010 01:33pm |
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| Category | Legal Ruling |
| News Date | Wednesday, September 22, 2010 07:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | A Miami appeals court ruled Wednesday that Florida's ban on gays adopting is unconstitutional and affirmed the controversial adoption of two foster children by a gay North Miami couple.
The unanimous 3-0 decision deals a critical blow to Florida's 33-year-old law banning adoption by gay men and lesbians, and most likely sends the case to Florida's highest court for resolution.
"Given a total ban on adoption by homosexual persons, one might expect that this reflected a legislative judgment that homosexual persons are, as a group, unfit to be parents," the opinion states. "No one in this case has made, or even hinted at, any such argument.
"To the contrary, the parties agree 'that gay people and heterosexuals make equally good parents.' " |
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