Adoption Emerges As The Next Gay Rights Battle
On Top Magazine: The announcement last week that conservatives had mounted a lawsuit against the Florida Bar to keep it from arguing in favor of allowing gays and lesbians to adopt in Florida is the latest evidence that adoption is likely to become the next gay rights battle. Several events nationwide are pushing the adoption issue to the front burner of gay rights, but Florida remains at the epicenter of the debate. Florida is the only state to have successfully outlawed adoption by gay men and lesbians, but the list of states prohibiting unmarried couples from adoption is growing. Mississippi and Alabama were the first to pass such laws. And now Kentucky and Tennessee say they will join their ranks. Both states have modeled their proposals after Arkansas' ban: Outlaw unmarried couples from adoption knowing full well that gay and lesbian couples cannot marry in their states.
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