Florida could finally overturn gay adoption ban
Earlier this week, two Florida lawmakers introduced legislation to overturn the state’s ban on gay adoptions, something the legislature hasn’t debated in the law’s 33-year history.
Florida’s legislature brought up the subject of gay adoption for the first time in 33 years as two lawmakers, Charlie Justice in the Senate, and Scott Randolph in the House, introduced amendments that would have prohibited discrimination in that area.
Florida, which enacted its ban in 1977 — two years before the first reported case of an adoption by an openly gay person anywhere in the country — is the only state to explicitly prohibit gays and lesbians from adopting children.
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Posted by Rob Coe on March 18th, 2010 at 3:06pm
