Judge’s decision due today on challenge to gay-adoption ban
November 25, 2008 at 10:01 am by Wayne GarciaActivists challenging Florida’s ban on gay adoptions hope for a positive ruling today from a judge in Miami:
A decision was due Tuesday on the request by 47-year-old Martin Gill to adopt two young boys he has been raising as foster children. The state of Florida has fought in court against Gill’s petition to adopt the boys.
Florida has one of the strictest bans on gay adoptions in the country. A judge in Key West ruled in September that the ban was unconstitutional, but that ruling has had limited legal impact.
The American Civil Liberties Union has sided with Gill in the case. The ACLU says there is a shortage of parents for adoptions in Florida, where at a given time there are about 1,000 children waiting to be adopted.
More on the case here.
