Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum announced today that he would not appeal a ruling that last month struck down the state’s ban on adoption by gay men and lesbians.
I’ll have more details in another piece; for the moment I’ll refer you back to the news piece I did for Keen News Service a couple of weeks ago, when the state Department of Children and Families (DCF) said it would not appeal. You might also want to read today’s statement from the ACLU of Florida, which argued the case on behalf of plaintiff Frank Martin Gill.
Bottom line: DCF has not asked prospective adoptive parents their sexual orientation since the appellate court ruling of September 22 that struck down the ban. After 33 years of an unjust law, gay men and lesbians can now adopt in Florida.