Misty_Morning
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I originally posted this on another thread.
But it need's to be posted here. With all the losses we have suffered during the past election...this does give us hope:
From the South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Miami judge rules against Florida gay adoption ban
By Tonya Alanez | South Florida Sun-Sentinel
10:32 AM EST, November 25, 2008
MIAMI - A Miami Dade Circuit judge ruled today that a gay man and his partner should be able to adopt the two foster children they have raised for four years.
Circuit Judge Cindy S. Lederman "these children are thriving. These words we don't often hear within these walls. That's uncontroverted," said Circuit Judge Cindy S. Lederman.
"They're a good family. They're a family in every way except in the eyes of the law. These children have a right to permanancy," the judge said. "The only real permanancy is adoption in the home where they are thriving.
"There is no rational basis to preclude homosexuals from adopting," Lederman continued.
In 2004, the state encouraged Gill and his unidenfitied male partner to provide a foster home for two boys. Gill wants to become their adopted father.
"Today I've cried my first tears of joy in my life," said Gill, 47, a flight attendant who lives in North Miami. "We are elated." Gill added: "I wasn't here to make history. I was here to do the best thing for a 4- and an 8-year-old."
A lawyer from the Attorney General's Office, who is representing the state Department of Children and Families, said the case would be appealed.
Some states, such as Mississippi and Utah, prevent gays from adopting by using laws that prohibit unmarried couples from adopting. But Florida expressly targeted gays with its 1977 law, enacted during Miss America runner-up Anita Bryant's anti-homosexual crusade.
Florida Statute 63.042 states: "No person eligible to adopt under this statute may adopt if that person is a homosexual." They can be state-appointed foster parents. They can be named permanent guardians. But adoption is not allowed.
Gill's attorney, Robert Rosenwald of the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida, said an appeals court and the possibly the Florida Supreme Court would be asked to address the ban on gay adoption.
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This is GREAT!!!!!
Next stop...The Florida Supreme Court.....and then after that....The US Supreme Court....
But it need's to be posted here. With all the losses we have suffered during the past election...this does give us hope:
From the South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Miami judge rules against Florida gay adoption ban
By Tonya Alanez | South Florida Sun-Sentinel
10:32 AM EST, November 25, 2008
MIAMI - A Miami Dade Circuit judge ruled today that a gay man and his partner should be able to adopt the two foster children they have raised for four years.
Circuit Judge Cindy S. Lederman "these children are thriving. These words we don't often hear within these walls. That's uncontroverted," said Circuit Judge Cindy S. Lederman.
"They're a good family. They're a family in every way except in the eyes of the law. These children have a right to permanancy," the judge said. "The only real permanancy is adoption in the home where they are thriving.
"There is no rational basis to preclude homosexuals from adopting," Lederman continued.
In 2004, the state encouraged Gill and his unidenfitied male partner to provide a foster home for two boys. Gill wants to become their adopted father.
"Today I've cried my first tears of joy in my life," said Gill, 47, a flight attendant who lives in North Miami. "We are elated." Gill added: "I wasn't here to make history. I was here to do the best thing for a 4- and an 8-year-old."
A lawyer from the Attorney General's Office, who is representing the state Department of Children and Families, said the case would be appealed.
Some states, such as Mississippi and Utah, prevent gays from adopting by using laws that prohibit unmarried couples from adopting. But Florida expressly targeted gays with its 1977 law, enacted during Miss America runner-up Anita Bryant's anti-homosexual crusade.
Florida Statute 63.042 states: "No person eligible to adopt under this statute may adopt if that person is a homosexual." They can be state-appointed foster parents. They can be named permanent guardians. But adoption is not allowed.
Gill's attorney, Robert Rosenwald of the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida, said an appeals court and the possibly the Florida Supreme Court would be asked to address the ban on gay adoption.
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This is GREAT!!!!!
Next stop...The Florida Supreme Court.....and then after that....The US Supreme Court....
