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Florida Court Rules Gay Adoption Ban Unconstitutional

HeadlineSep 10, 2008

In Florida, a circuit court has ruled a three-decade-old ban on gay adoption is unconstitutional. The ruling comes in the case of a gay parent seeking to adopt a teenager he has raised since 2001. Florida and Mississippi are the only two states in the country barring gay adoption.

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