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Court Clears the Way for Gay Adoptions in Florida

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Posted on Sep 22, 2010
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A Florida appeals court has struck down that state’s draconian ban on gay adoption, the only explicit prohibition against adoptive gay parents in the country. The court really had no choice, since there’s nothing wrong with gay parents and they appear to raise superior children.

NPR:

Florida Gov. Charlie Crist said the state will stop enforcing its law banning adoption by gay people after an appeals court ruled it unconstitutional.

Crist announced the decision Wednesday after the ruling from the 3rd District Court of Appeal in Miami. The ruling affirms a lower court’s decision that there is no rational basis for the ban, making way for the adoption of two foster children by Martin Gill and his male partner.

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By RAE, September 24, 2010 at 6:43 am Link to this comment

Rigor… you wouldn’t know a FACT if it bit you in the ass!

Labeling my response as a “whine” is not only inaccurate but a real low-class cheap shot. I was setting FACTS before the public to act as an antidote to your hetero-biased poisonous baloney which you now claim as your opinion only. You should have said so. Some disclaimer such as “I don’t know anything about being gay (a.k.a ignorant about any of the human sexualities but my own) but here’s my opinion anyway….”. Then we could all just skip your nonsense.

And who in hell is PROMOTING a “lifestyle?” If anyone is doing any promoting it’s heteros starting with biased and discriminatory laws in their own favor right through to pushing baby carriages around to announce the success of their hetero “lifestyle.”

Being gay or not is NOT A CHOICE. It is NOT A LIFESTYLE. It is an “IS.” A FACT. Your type can “whine” until you turn blue and you ain’t going to change anything about that.

I don’t HATE anyone either… but I sure have a major objection to people who air IGNORANCE and pose it as FACTUAL INFORMATION. Repeating the garbage you’ve posted accomplishes only one thing… perpetuation of the negative societal attitude toward anyone different from the majority. If you notice, the vast majority of the “whining” comes from the 90%. The only thing gays whine about is the lack of fair treatment under the law.

You do remember the Constitution & Bill of Rights bit about “all…created equal?” Of course, since American leaders and self-appointed “authorities” publicly choose to IGNORE the very fundamentals upon which America was founded, and get away with it, then I suppose bias and prejudice and bigotry is to be expected in the general population.

When you post your corroborated credentials which attest to your special ability and right to pass judgement on how others cope with their existence on this planet, let me know.

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By Rigor, September 24, 2010 at 4:49 am Link to this comment

Oh RAE, you had to whine anyway didn’t you. My post
was simply my own observation/opinion, as all these
posts are, but it seems, once again, we 90%ers are
shouted down by the 10%.
I personally don’t care wether anyone is gay or
not, it just seems so self destructive to promote a
lifestyle that is truly a biological dead-end -
requiring a medical/scientific resolution = not a
natural process (what I meant).
Sure, you can find a herd of chimps out in the wild
that engage in homosexuality, as well as cannibalism
and necrophilia, but I doubt these would ever be
accepted behavior because of it.
The difference here is I don’t HATE anyone. And
your “cast offs of heterosexuals” statement is
reprehensible and thats a fact.

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By RAE, September 23, 2010 at 12:32 pm Link to this comment

Well, Rigor, the only difference between the “wild west days” and now is the choice of weapons… back then, the gun; now it’s words & “due process.” You have noticed, haven’t you, how those in “authority” always seem to find some way to get around at least the intention of a law they don’t like, if not actually breaking it outright with impunity.

Aren’t we lucky that YOU don’t get to assign the definitions to words. How about looking up the meaning of the word NATURAL before applying it? For starters: “Existing in or formed by nature” (Dictionary.com). Non-heterosexuality in people and other animals occurs NATURALLY in this universe. Which universe are you from?

BTW, being a hermaphrodite has NOTHING to do with one’s sexual orientation.

Many “gays” father and mother children, often their own biologically, and often by raising the cast offs of heterosexuals. Again, how about checking some FACTS before airing your ignorance?

Your specious question asking how a “society preserve its legacy if everyone were gay” is, of course, nonsense, since 90% more or less are NOT gay. It might surprise you, though, to learn that the vast majority of “gays” are created by STRAIGHTS. If you want to blame someone for a few gays cluttering up your existence, blame your nearest heterosexual!

Rigor you may have the right to concoct your own opinions but you don’t have the right to create your own FACTS.

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By JohnMcD, September 23, 2010 at 5:19 am Link to this comment

I love it when “activist judges” stand up for basic
human rights and non-discrimination.  It is exactly
what our country and its legal tradition is (supposed
to be) about.

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By Rigor, September 23, 2010 at 5:15 am Link to this comment

Due process is due process. If we think we can just
override what we don’t like (i.e. gay adoption bans,
illegal immigration, etc.) then it’s back to the wild
west days where law is gun and the last (whatever) left
standing wins their cause.
Just a thought here, because I don’t actually agree
that gay is natural (or we’d all be hermaphrodites);
Doesn’t anybody realize that gay leads to no more
people? How does a society preserve its legacy if
everyone were gay?
Don’t whine here - give it some thought.

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By RAE, September 22, 2010 at 2:20 pm Link to this comment

How come when two courts rule that a law is unconstitutional the state gets to grudgingly dig in its heels, agree to stop enforcing the unconstitutional law, but await a ruling by their own Supreme Court before quashing it?

Why doesn’t this kind of court ruling automatically and immediately invalidate the law(s) in question? Why it is necessary to blow another few million taxpayer dollars on creating another pile of useless paper to repeal the offending law?

And, IMHO for what it’s worth, any damage done to any citizen because of the enforcement of unconstitutional laws should require substantial compensation by the state. Further, I think a class action lawsuit against those who formulate, pass and enforce laws which prove unconstitional should be held personally liable for such damages. They had no right to make such a law in the first place and in doing so committed an illegal act, IMHO.

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