Challenge to Florida’s Adoption Ban Hits Appeals Court
Florida’s ban on any and all gay people from adopting in any and all circumstances is a one-of-its-kind ban, and the American Civil Liberties Union is doing its best in the now-pending appeal of a...
View ArticleDOJ Statement on Gay Parenting: An Impact on Florida Adoption Case?
As noted earlier, the U.S. Department of Justice took a strong stand today for LGBT equality in at least one portion of its brief in Smelt v. United States, the portion related to LGBT parenting....
View ArticleAppellate Arguments Held in Florida Adoption Ban Challenge
Martin Gill, with the two brothers he has raised for years and hopes to adopt. (Image from the ACLU Web site.) Oral arguments were held on Wednesday in the ACLU’s state-court challenge to Forida’s...
View ArticleMontana High Court Issues Pro-Gay Ruling
The Montana Supreme Court, in a 6-1 opinion issued today, held that the non-biological parent in a same-sex relationship can be found to have a “parental interest in the minor children.” The case,...
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