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 ...
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Gays and lesbians I know tell me they not only waited to have "normal" sexual leanings, but wanted to and even tried to in many cases. All come from heterosexual families and most have heterosexual siblings. They assert they were simply born homosexual and genetic and scientific studies seem to bear that out--a point Miller does not note in this story. Like the UCLA professor quoted, I notice that their family lives are very similar to mine, with the same joys and the same problems--only they have the added challenges of discrimination.