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Florida Judge Strikes Down Gay Adoption Ban
It’s a local judge so it doesn’t have value as a state-wide precedent, but it is a victory for equal rights all the same. At the moment, only Florida and Mississippi flatly prohibit gay adoptions, regardless of the normal best-interest-of-the-child standard.
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The gay-adoption stance was the one really wacky thing I saw in the recent Pew Poll I found simply astounding. Not the notable difference between GOP and Dem and independent voters, but the fractions of the Dem and independent voters who are opposed — much higher than many would suspect.
“Allowing gays and lesbians to adopt children?” (August 2008)
All voters: Favor, 47%, Oppose, 47%, Don't Know, 7%
GOP voters: Favor, 30%, Oppose, 64%, Don't Know, 6%
Dem voters: Favor, 56%, Oppose, 38%, Don't Know, 6%
Ind. voters: Favor, 52%, Oppose, 40%, Don't Know, 8%
See page 11
http://pewresearch.org/assets/pdf/933.pdf