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Appeals court: Florida ban on gay adoption unconstitutional
miamiherald.com ^ | Sept. 22, 2010 | CAROL MARBIN MILLER

Posted on 09/22/2010 12:48:08 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

Florida Gov. Charlie Crist announced Wednesday afternoon he will cease enforcing the state's 33-year-old gay adoption law, which was declared unconstitutional by a Miami appeals court Wednesday morning.

Crist lauded the court ruling as ``great'' and told reporters at a 2:30 news conference he would immediately stop enforcing the ban. Crist said he wanted to confer with the adoptive father at the center of the case before deciding whether to appeal. He said, however, that he believes the state Supreme Court wouldn't overturn the court rulings.

Crist once supported the ban. But the U.S. Senate candidate reversed himself after he left the Republican Party and began courting the liberal vote.

A Miami appeals court ruled Wednesday that Florida's ban on gays adopting is unconstitutional and affirmed the controversial adoption of two foster children by a gay North Miami couple.

The unanimous 3-0 decision deals a critical blow to Florida's 33-year-old law banning adoption by gay men and lesbians, and most likely sends the case to Florida's highest court for resolution.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: abuse; ageofconsent; charliecrist; childabuse; constitution; fl; florida; floriduh; homosexualagenda; judicialactivism; perversion; samesexadoption
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1 posted on 09/22/2010 12:48:08 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY; wagglebee

Since we were told that homosexuality was about the actions of consenting adults in private, when do these CHILDREN get to consent to being raised in alternative lifestyle homes?


2 posted on 09/22/2010 12:49:30 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Ask yourself,where does Saudi Arabia fit on a scale of "passive" to "moderate" to "extremist" Islam?)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Crist is an idiot.


3 posted on 09/22/2010 12:53:43 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
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To: JulieRNR21; kinganamort; katherineisgreat; floriduh voter; summer; Goldwater Girl; windchime; ...

Florida Freeper


4 posted on 09/22/2010 12:54:14 PM PDT by Joe Brower (Sheep have three speeds: "graze", "stampede" and "cower".)
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To: a fool in paradise

What with the movement to “educate” our children in our public schools on the subject of homosexuality, and the movement to allow homosexuals to adopt, it’s become quite clear how much the approval of homosexuality was only about consenting adults.

I agree with your thoughts.

Hell, even the consent of parents doesn’t matter these days.


5 posted on 09/22/2010 12:55:03 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (All hail Prince Skid-mark, Barack Hussein Obama, constantly soiling himself and our nation.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Time for a Flashback...





6 posted on 09/22/2010 12:55:55 PM PDT by Bean Counter (Now what kind of a geroo are you anyway?)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Akin to ruling adoption by the mentally ill is unconstitutional. Or felons. Or child molesters. Or any other class of people to whom you do not want to entrust the welfare of a child. It’s an outrage and if this is the quality of the rulings we can expect from the judiciary, we’d be better off without a judiciary.


7 posted on 09/22/2010 12:56:38 PM PDT by LibWhacker (America awake!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
For me, this is the single biggest reason to oppose gay marriage. Does this mean that Catholic, and other religiously guided adoption agencies will be forced to place children in gay households, or face suit for “discrimination” by the State of Florida?

Another evil ruling by another court that places its preferences above that of the legislature and the people of Florida. There's a word for that: it's tyranny.

8 posted on 09/22/2010 12:56:54 PM PDT by mojito
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Good old Charlie...Just keeps on giving and giving...

Mike

9 posted on 09/22/2010 12:57:07 PM PDT by MichaelP (Democrats are the party of Special Re-education)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

All children should be raised in the home of homosexual couples. Such joy and happiness.
In fact everyone should be forced by the Gay Czar to become a homosexual. All else is illegal.


10 posted on 09/22/2010 12:57:43 PM PDT by Hans
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To: Free ThinkerNY

America places children into sexual slavery.

Is God going to apologize to Sodom and Gomorrah?


11 posted on 09/22/2010 12:57:46 PM PDT by donna (Synonyms: Feminism, Marxism, Communism, Socialism, Fascism, Islam-ism)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

I wonder what our Atty. Gen. Bill McCollum has to say about this matter. Will he stand up to Crist or go full Lib just like him?


12 posted on 09/22/2010 12:58:02 PM PDT by Waryone (RINOs, Elites, and Socialists - on the endangered list, soon to become extinct.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

NAMBLA will be pleased.


13 posted on 09/22/2010 12:59:33 PM PDT by Grunthor (Name one country with a muslim majority that doesn't have brutal, repressive laws.)
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To: a fool in paradise
The decision is based on nothing.

The judges said that the law was unconstitutional because the motivation for it was invalid? That queers really are good parents, so the law is null?

When did such a thing make any law "unConstitutional"? Is there a line that says, "No law that has weak motivation shall be made"?

Even if it were true in this case, which it isn't, it doesn't matter. The Legislature is free to make laws that reflect the norms of the society. What other reason is there for a legislature?

The "judges" once again have become legislators, and nothing more.

I won't say what I think of "Dad".

14 posted on 09/22/2010 1:00:26 PM PDT by Regulator (Watch Out! Americans are on the March! America Forever, Mexico Never!)
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To: Jim Robinson

These judges are guilty of overthrowing the lawful republican form of government in this country. And executives like Crist are just as guilty. Legislators too for not impeaching them all.


15 posted on 09/22/2010 1:01:31 PM PDT by EternalVigilance (If the price of BS was based on supply & demand, they'd be paying you to take it. Oh wait, they are.)
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To: Jim Robinson

He is. Didn’t vote for him last time and won’t this time. No problem here though, McCollum can appeal to the FL Supreme Court.


16 posted on 09/22/2010 1:03:33 PM PDT by darkangel82 (I don't have a superiority complex, I'm just better than you.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Amending constitutions by judicial fiat, instead of by constitutionally valid processes.

Making laws without constitutional jurisdiction to do so.

And those in the other branches who have sworn to check them stand by nodding in approval.


17 posted on 09/22/2010 1:04:07 PM PDT by EternalVigilance (If the price of BS was based on supply & demand, they'd be paying you to take it. Oh wait, they are.)
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To: mojito

Of course that’s what it means. They’ve already closed down Catholic adoption services in Boston and San Francisco; tragic, though it sure was good to see the tremendous outpouring of support from the other churches. :o/


18 posted on 09/22/2010 1:04:16 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (Your sarcasm tag: don't leave home without it.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Articles of impeachment against this judge and against Charlie Crist should be filed immediately.


19 posted on 09/22/2010 1:05:03 PM PDT by EternalVigilance (If the price of BS was based on supply & demand, they'd be paying you to take it. Oh wait, they are.)
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To: Jim Robinson
Crist is an idiot.

He's a power hungry POS punk, just like Murkowski.

How's that?

FMCDH(BITS)

20 posted on 09/22/2010 1:12:49 PM PDT by nothingnew (I fear for my Republic due to marxist influence in our government. Open eyes/see)
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