Florida’s ban on gay adoption soon to face court review [video]
”The children, in that it permanently denies them the chance to have a permanent home with their gay caretaker. So they will forever be in a state of foster care. It violates the rights of the parents by treating them differently than their straight counterparts without any rational basis.”
Rob Rosenwald, lawyer for Martin Gill, his partner and two boys that they have fostered since 2004. Florida law established under Anita Bryant-era politics still prohibit the men from legally adopting the children. It is the only state to have such a blatantly anti-gay adoption law. But, in 2008, a Circuit Court judge found that the anti-gay law violated “the children’s right to equal protection.” The state appealed that decision. A Department of Children and Families spokesperson says his agency is required to uphold the legislature-approved law “until there is a unified appellate court decision on this issue.”(NPR)
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