Judge in Miami Rules Florida Ban on Gay Adoption Unconstitutional

U.S. News & World Report by Amanda Ruggeri | Nov. 25, 2008 (News Report)

A 1977 Florida state law that bans gay individuals from adopting has received its biggest challenge thus far: Foster father Frank Martin Gill won his suit to adopt two brothers he has been fostering since 2004.

In her decision this morning, Miami Dade Circuit Judge Cindy Lederman ruled that there was no "rational basis" to prevent the children from being adopted. The case, which marks the first time that a gay adoption case has been taken before a ... Full Story »

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Topics: Civil Liberties, Religion and Politics, Science and Religion, Gay and Lesbian, Youth, Church and State
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Posted by: Posted by Dale Penn - Nov 25, 2008 - 3:42 PM PST
Reviewed by: Dale Penn (review), Glenn LaBauve (review), Derek Hawkins (review), Fabrice Florin (review)
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Edited by: Fabrice Florin - Nov 26, 2008 - 11:20 AM PST

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Derek Hawkins
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 by Derek Hawkins - Nov. 25, 2008

An incomplete update on the same-sex adoption case in Florida, in which a federal judge has just ruled that the state's ban on the practice is unconstitutional. Little information on how anyone beyond the Gill family will be affected. Not much elaboration on the rationale for either side of the case. Doesn't quote anyone from the state's side.

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Fabrice Florin
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 by Fabrice Florin - Nov. 26, 2008

Short, but factual news report about the recent rejection of a Florida state law banning gay adoption. I would have liked to see more sources cited than just the ACLU, given the importance of this topic.

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Dale Penn
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 by Dale Penn - Nov. 25, 2008

This report goes a bit beyond the breaking news reports I've seen locally and the press releases from the organizations on both sides of the fence. It could have provided more context including how many children are in the system to be adopted, and how many new adoptive parents this could provide that system.

I am a gay father and the primary parent to my son. His heterosexual mother has been a remote figure by her own choice most of his life, so I have little patience with those who question parenting aptitude based on sexual orientation.

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Glenn LaBauve
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