Nebraska's ban on same-sex couples adopting is off the books
Source: Omaha World Herald
By Joe Duggan and Paul Hammel
LINCOLN — Lisa and Janet Blakey want to share their home with children who don’t have one.
That’s why the Lincoln women joined a lawsuit challenging a Nebraska policy that banned same-sex couples from providing foster care or adopting state wards. On Wednesday, a state judge struck down the policy as unconstitutional.
“Kids should not have to worry about where they lay their heads at night, whether they have enough to eat. Kids should not have to worry about having a home that’s a safe home,” Lisa Blakey said, calling the ruling a victory for children in crisis.
The ban dates to 1995, but the state Department of Health and Human Services quietly stopped enforcing it in 2012. Nonetheless, same-sex couples still had to undergo additional layers of scrutiny and approval not required of married heterosexual applicants to obtain foster care licenses.
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