Experts clash on gays' bids to adopt children

Dueling social-science testimony marked a trial over a gay North Miami man's petition to adopt his two foster children.

The judge's ruling will determine whether a 4-year-old boy and his 8-year-old brother can be adopted by Frank Gill, the North Miami foster parent who has raised the boys for four years, and his partner. Lederman said she will decide on the adoption later this month.

Florida is the only state that bans all gay people from adopting. This fall, a Circuit Court judge in Key West declared Florida's ban unconstitutional, although the decision is ... Full Story »

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Dan Kennedy
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by Dan Kennedy - Nov. 17, 2008

The author does a reasonably good job of showing that two witnesses who testified against adoption by gay and lesbian parents are well outside the mainstream of accepted social science.

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