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Leela
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Hi All,
"Don’t look now, but Florida is one big step closer to entering the 21st century.
The battle has been long — and humiliating — but Florida may very well be on the brink of losing a dubious designation as the state with the most backward, stringent anti-gay adoption law in the nation.
When a Miami appeals court this week ruled Florida’s ban on gay adoption is unconstitutional — and thus affirmed the adoption of two foster children by a gay North Miami couple — the issue took a giant step towards heading to the state Supreme Court.
If and when that happens, the issue can be settled once and for all, and hopefully gays and lesbians will be given the right to adopt in Florida, just like they can in 49 other states.
Countless dollars have been wasted on this self-defeating ban, such as the $120,000 the state of Florida paid an anti-gay psychologist to defend the archaic ban in court. This is the same psychologist who then vacationed in Europe with a gay male escort he met through Rentboy.com. Your hard-earned tax dollars at work.
More important than the waste of money in court, however, is the waste of good parenting. And the waste of good homes for children who desperately need them.
Florida allows gays and lesbians to be foster parents, but when they want to adopt, that’s when the ignorance and prejudice and archaic thinking arises. And it simply makes no sense — if you can be good, nurturing foster parents, you can be good, nurturing adoptive parents, no matter your sexual orientation.
Two years ago, Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Cindy Lederman wrote an opinion on the gay adoption case that was upheld this week.
“… it is clear that sexual orientation is not a predictor of a person’s ability to parent,” Lederman wrote. “The most important factor in ensuring a well-adjusted child is the quality of parenting.”
Talk about a perfect analysis.
If and when this issue heads for a conclusion, the state Supreme Court should see it exactly the same way. It is way past time for Florida to join the rest of the nation.
BOTTOM LINE: Past time for archaic ban to end."
sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/editorials/fl-gay-adoption-editorial-gs-20100925,0,6897345.story
Are Catholics opposed to allowing homosexuals to adopt? Or do they just support the right of Catholic charities to refuse to arrange such adoptions? Should the government fund charities that refuse to allow homosexuals to adopt?
Best,
Leela
"Don’t look now, but Florida is one big step closer to entering the 21st century.
The battle has been long — and humiliating — but Florida may very well be on the brink of losing a dubious designation as the state with the most backward, stringent anti-gay adoption law in the nation.
When a Miami appeals court this week ruled Florida’s ban on gay adoption is unconstitutional — and thus affirmed the adoption of two foster children by a gay North Miami couple — the issue took a giant step towards heading to the state Supreme Court.
If and when that happens, the issue can be settled once and for all, and hopefully gays and lesbians will be given the right to adopt in Florida, just like they can in 49 other states.
Countless dollars have been wasted on this self-defeating ban, such as the $120,000 the state of Florida paid an anti-gay psychologist to defend the archaic ban in court. This is the same psychologist who then vacationed in Europe with a gay male escort he met through Rentboy.com. Your hard-earned tax dollars at work.
More important than the waste of money in court, however, is the waste of good parenting. And the waste of good homes for children who desperately need them.
Florida allows gays and lesbians to be foster parents, but when they want to adopt, that’s when the ignorance and prejudice and archaic thinking arises. And it simply makes no sense — if you can be good, nurturing foster parents, you can be good, nurturing adoptive parents, no matter your sexual orientation.
Two years ago, Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Cindy Lederman wrote an opinion on the gay adoption case that was upheld this week.
“… it is clear that sexual orientation is not a predictor of a person’s ability to parent,” Lederman wrote. “The most important factor in ensuring a well-adjusted child is the quality of parenting.”
Talk about a perfect analysis.
If and when this issue heads for a conclusion, the state Supreme Court should see it exactly the same way. It is way past time for Florida to join the rest of the nation.
BOTTOM LINE: Past time for archaic ban to end."
sun-sentinel.com/news/opinion/editorials/fl-gay-adoption-editorial-gs-20100925,0,6897345.story
Are Catholics opposed to allowing homosexuals to adopt? Or do they just support the right of Catholic charities to refuse to arrange such adoptions? Should the government fund charities that refuse to allow homosexuals to adopt?
Best,
Leela