More potential good gay Florida news:
As gay rights advocates and religious groups queue up in an effort to influence the outcome of a Miami appeals court case that will help decide whether gay people can adopt children in Florida, a state lawmaker has quietly introduced two bills that could render the dispute moot.
State Sen. Nan Rich, a Weston Democrat who is co-chair of the Senate Children & Families Committee, has filed a bill to repeal the 1977 Florida law that prohibits gay men and lesbians from adopting children. A second bill would specify that judges would determine adoptions based solely on ”the best interests” of children.”Someone who is a good parent — whether they are heterosexual or homosexual — that’s what we should be basing decisions on, not sexual orientation,” Rich said. “We need to be looking at what’s in the best interests of children.”
Of course, there’s some of the standard pushback. In February, Mathew D. Staver of Liberty Counsel, a conservative advocacy group, asked to halt the filing of the Florida Bar’s brief in support of the previous ruling that allowed gay adoption and caused the appeal. Also in February, Staver wrote the bar, saying, “Homosexual adoption is nothing less than a policy which says that moms and dads are expendable.”
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