Florida Court Says State Must Honor Second-Parent Adoptions by Same-Sex Couples

Yesterday, the Florida Court of Appeals unanimously reversed a lower court ruling and held that Florida must give full faith and credit to adoptions granted to same-sex couples by other states Read more

Arkansas Anti-Gay Adoption Petition Signers Now Named Online

KnowThyNeighbor.org, the gay rights organization that drew national attention for posting online the names of over half a million anti-gay petition signers in Massachusetts and Florida, announced today that it has posted the names of over 83,000 Arkansas citizens who signed an anti-gay adoption and foster care petition in 2008. Read more

ACLU To Fight Arkansas Adoption Ban, Asks Court to Strike Down

he American Civil Liberties Union today filed a lawsuit seeking to strike down a new law that bans any unmarried person who lives with a partner from serving as an adoptive or foster parent in the state of Arkansas. Read more

Poll: 75% of U.S. Adults Favor Marriage or Unions For Gays

A new survey conducted by Harris Interactive in the wake of the passage of and protests against California’s Proposition 8 reveals that majorities of Americans favor a broad range of policies and legal protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people. Read more

Florida: Gay Adoption Ban Ruled Unconstitutional

The Miami Herald reports:

Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Cindy Lederman Tuesday declared Florida’s 50-year-old ban on gay adoptions unconstitutional — a ruling state lawyers immediately said they would challenge. Read more

Arkansas Denies Children The Right to Caring Home

What a disgusting day in the history of Arkansas. Initiative 1, a measure that would “prohibit unmarried “sexual partner[s]” from adopting children or from serving as foster parents. The measure specifies that the prohibition applies to both opposite-sex as well as same-sex couples” has passed 57% to 43% with 90% reporting. Read more

McCain: “I don’t believe in gay adoption.”

Pulling out the anti-gay card, John McCain is once again is using the gay and lesbian community as a wedge issue stating his position on gay and lesbians adopting. Read more