Judge Overturns Florida Ban On Adoption By Gays »
Posted By TimALoftis 1 year ago in Family(CNN) -- A Florida circuit judge declared unconstitutional Tuesday a 31-year-old state law that prevents gays and lesbians from adopting children, saying "the blanket exclusion" of gay applicants "defeated Florida's goal of providing dependent children a permanent family."
"The best interests of children are not preserved by prohibiting homosexual adoption," Judge Cindy S. Lederman wrote in her 53-page ruling.
Florida is the only state that specifically bans all "homosexual" people from adopting children, although it does allow them to be foster parents.
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