A Florida judge has struck down a thirty-one-year-old state law that prevents gays and lesbians from adopting children. Judge Cindy Lederman wrote, “The best interests of children are not preserved by prohibiting homosexual adoption.” The state of Florida had argued the ban should be kept intact, claiming that gay and lesbian households are more unstable. Florida is the only state that specifically bans all gays and lesbians from adopting children.