Florida ban on gay adoptions ruled unconstitutional

[babylonsister]

:applause::applause:

Florida ban on gay adoptions ruled unconstitutional

BY CAROL MARBIN MILLER
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A Miami-Dade circuit judge Tuesday declared Florida's 30-year-old ban on gay adoption unconstitutional, allowing a North Miami man to adopt two foster kids he has raised since 2004.

In a 53-page order that sets the stage for what could become a constitutional showdown, Circuit Judge Cindy Lederman permitted 47-year-old Frank Gill to adopt the 4- and 8-year-old boys he and his partner have raised since just before Christmas four years ago. A child abuse investigator had asked Gill to care for the boys temporarily; they were never able to return to their birth parents.

''This is the forum where we try to heal children, find permanent families for them so they can get another chance at what every child should know and feel from birth, and go on to lead productive lives,'' Lederman said in court before releasing the order. ``We pray for them to thrive, but that is a word we rarely hear in dependency court.''

''These children are thriving; it is uncontroverted,'' the judge added.

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http://www.miamiherald.com/459/story/786605.html

[auntsue]

1. finally

well finally a voice of reason is raised in the forgotten land.
Hopefully it will happen elsewhere - sometimes "the will of the people" is just plain wrong - and judges must correct.

[Zuiderelle]

3. Hear hear on that score!

There's a lot of correcting we need judges to do across this land now. Hopefully this sets the precedent. Prop 8 can be the next.

[Zuiderelle]

2. SWIFT KICK!!!

:applause:

[frebrd]

4. K&R n/t

[uppityperson]

5. k&r, good. About time.

[Toasterlad]

6. Too Cynical To Enjoy This

I know that this is going to end up on the ballot in 2010, and those old Florida assholes will vote to outlaw it, proving once again that it's perfectly all right for the majority to take away the rights of the minority, as long as the minority's gay.

[question everything]

7. Good. K&R

Should it also be on the LBN Forum, if not already there?

[ColbertWatcher]

8. Good. k+r, n/t

[Zhade]

9. YEAH!

NT!

[tavalon]

10. YEEESSSSSSS!

[Lil Missy]

11. Most delighted to K&R!!!