Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Florida Judge Rules Florida Ban on Gay Adoption Unconstitutional

What is really interesting to me is that the judge used the rational basis standard (the most lenient standard and easiest to satisfy) and found that there is no "rational basis" to prohibit gays from adopting children. What about the rational basis that every study ever made shows that children do better with a father and mother? More judicial activism aimed at destroying the family.

MIAMI (AP) — A judge on Tuesday ruled that a strict Florida law that blocks gay people from adopting children is unconstitutional, declaring there was no legal or scientific reason for sexual orientation alone to prohibit anyone from adopting....

"Everywhere in the law where children are affected, the standard must always be what is in the best interest of the child," said Stemberger, an attorney in Orlando. "What is stunning to me is that when it comes to dealing with gays, that standard goes out the window. Children do better with a mother and a father."

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