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one: his sexual orientation. The Department's position is that homosexuality is immoral. Yet homosexuals may be lawful foster parents in Florida and care for our most fragile children who have been abused, neglected and abandoned. As such, the exclusion forbidding homosexuals to adopt children does not further the public morality interest it seeks to combat. ... The contradiction between the adoption and foster care statutes defeats the public morality argument and is thus not rationally related to serving a governmental interest.
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adoption."..."There was an audible gasp in the packed courtroom when the attorney general's lawyer said that," said ACLU Florida spokesman Brandon Hensler, one of the dozens of attendees during oral arguments before the 3rd District Court of Appeal in Miami in August. ... Osterhaus' response was the first mention that Gill's adopted children could be taken away, said Gill's ACLU attorney, Rob Rosenwald Jr. of Miami.
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the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Child Welfare League of America and the National Association of Social Workers. As a result, based on the robust nature of the evidence available in the field, this Court is satisfied that the issue is so far beyond dispute that it would be irrational to hold otherwise; the best interests of children are not preserved by prohibiting homosexual adoption.
315:, Gill filed a petition for adoption with the circuit court in January 2007, which held a four-day hearing on the case in October 2008. The Department of Children and Families was represented by attorneys from the state Attorney General's office. Judge Lederman found in favor of the plaintiff, Gill, and granted the adoption in her ruling on November 25, 2008. 353:(NARTH), who presented research (some of which had already been discredited) finding that gay men and lesbians suffered higher rates of depression, anxiety, affective disorders and substance abuse than heterosexuals and that same-sex relationships were less stable than opposite-sex ones. The state also called a second expert witness, Dr. 365:
that the testimony of George Rekers "was far from a neutral and unbiased recitation of the relevant scientific evidence," and that "Dr. Rekers' beliefs are motivated by his strong ideological and theological convictions. ... The court cannot consider his testimony to be credible nor worthy of forming the basis of public policy."
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I really do not think that we should have homosexuals guiding our children. I think that it's a lifestyle that I don't agree with. I realize a lot of people do. It's my personal faith, religious faith, that I don't believe that the people who do this should be raising our children. It's not a natural
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In 2006, a judge terminated the parental rights of the boys' biological parents. Gill subsequently petitioned the Florida Department of Children and Families in October 2006 to adopt the boys, but although every assessment and home study showed that the boys were thriving under the excellent care of
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was taken to the United States District Court in South Florida, which upheld the state law in August 2001. The case was appealed to the U. S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. In May 2002, while the Lofton case was pending, eight former state legislators who voted for the 1977 ban, including the
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espite repeated objections from the Department of Children and Families, the attorney general agreed to advance Rekers $ 60,900 to get him to take the case and another $ 59,700 a year later as the case dragged on. The payments included $ 9,000 for 30 hours of searching journal articles and books, $
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Disgraced psychologist George Rekers was labeled a "right-wing, religious-based" expert witness and rejected for months by state attorneys defending Florida's gay adoption ban. But when they couldn't find anyone else to replace him on the witness stand, Attorney General Bill McCollum overruled his
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of the gay-rights organization Equality Florida: "Rekers is part of a small cadre of bogus pseudo scientists that charge these exorbitant fees to peddle information they know has been discredited time and time again. And people like McCollum will pay top dollar for it. There's a reason why he can't
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announced he would not pursue any further appeals of the case, effectively bringing the case and the issue of adoptions by gay men and lesbians in Florida to a close. Martin Gill's adoption of the two boys he and his partner had been raising was approved. The adoption was finalized in a ceremony in
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In the appeals court, state attorneys working for McCollum redoubled their efforts to maintain the ban on gay adoptions, and furthermore sought to remove the children from the Gill home, where they had resided happily for five years and, as the circuit judge found, "thrived." In November 2009, the
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During the trial, Rekers testified that "gay people mentally unstable and advised that the ban should be expanded to include Native Americans because, Rekers claimed, they are also at much higher risk of mental illness and substance abuse." However, in her ruling on the case Judge Lederman stated
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Reports and studies find that there are no differences in the parenting of homosexuals or the adjustment of their children. These conclusions have been accepted, adopted and ratified by the American Psychological Association, the American Psychiatry Association, the American Pediatric Association,
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In her order granting the petition to adopt, Judge Lederman (who had presided over many child welfare cases as Presiding Judge of the Miami-Dade Juvenile Court since 1994) found that Florida's adoption ban violated the equal protection rights of Gill and the minor children without a rational basis
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Electing to parent and assume full responsibility for a child not one's own is one of the most noble decisions made in a lifetime; it is respected by many, considered by some, made by few and approved for fewer still. Here Petitioner qualifies for approval as an adoptive parent in all respects but
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645 So. 2d 487) after the state removed a six-year-old foster child from their home on account of their sexual orientation. In 1994, the Florida Second District Court of Appeal ruled in favor of the plaintiffs, holding that the legislature had not prohibited homosexuals or unmarried couples from
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placed two boys, who are referred to as John and James Doe in court papers, in the home of Martin Gill and his partner, who had previously fostered several other children. Four-year-old John and four-month-old James were only supposed to be with Gill temporarily, but plans for them to live with
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I would never have chosen Rekkers had I known what we now know today ... Rekkers was not an authority on this issue. He was an authority in the sense that he was a scholar. He did research into papers that other people wrote. So he was able to be used to get into evidence these matters that we
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Rekers was paid to meet with the attorney general's staff to prepare for depositions and to be deposed by lawyers for the adoptive parents. McCollum said he wouldn't hire Rekers again knowing what he knows today -- but he defends the expense. "If you look at the record, you will see he actually
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The ACLU, representing Gill, called expert witnesses who cited studies that found no significant differences in the stability of same-sex relationships compared to opposite-sex relationships, and no significant differences in outcomes for children raised by same-sex parents versus opposite-sex
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Deputy Solicitor General Tim Osterhaus, who works for McCollum and made the oral argument on Aug. 26, was asked by Judge Vance Salter what relief the agency was seeking from the court. Osterhaus asked the three-judge panel to reverse the adoption and "make the children available for
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nationwide as being unconstitutional violations of the due process rights of gays and lesbians. However, in January 2004, the appeals court ruled against Lofton, finding that the adoption ban did not violate constitutional guarantees of
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on August 26, 2009. The district court upheld the trial court's ruling in favor of the plaintiffs on September 22, 2010, and the state declined to pursue any further appeals, thus effectively nullifying the anti-gay adoption statute.
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in that state. After a four-day trial challenging the law, on November 25, 2008, Judge Cindy S. Lederman declared the ban violated the equal protection rights of the children and their prospective parents under the
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27,000 to "read the relevant publications since Sept. 2004 and evaluate and critique the methodological quality." A year later, he charged for nearly 30 hours for reading the same materials again.
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September 22, 2010, in favor of Gill and his partner, who sought to adopt two foster children they had parented since 2004 at the state's behest, thus striking down Florida's anti-gay adoption law.
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A psychologist who evaluated the boys testified that it was in their best interests to be adopted by Gill, and that removing them from their home would be devastating. The boys'
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trial attorneys, quickly hired Rekers, and paid him twice his agreed upon contract with no questions asked, according to documents released this week by McCollum's office. ...
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The Attorney General's office immediately announced its intention to appeal the ruling. In December 2008, lawyers for Gill and the children filed a motion requesting that the
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for doing so. The court also found that the ban violated state and federal guarantees of the children's right to permanency. The judge stated in her decision:
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Although homosexuals were prohibited from adopting, the state did allow them to be foster parents or legal guardians. In 1992 a lesbian couple had filed suit (
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Several attempts were made in the state legislature to repeal the adoption ban, and there were several unsuccessful challenges in Florida courts, including:
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Gill and his partner, DCF denied the petition because it violated the law against adoption by a homosexual. With the help of attorneys provided by the
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needed. And it's unfortunate that all this publicity has come up over it, but the lawsuit, I think, is on sound ground and we're carrying it forward.
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on August 3, 2010, that he believed Florida law should be changed to exclude homosexuals from being foster parents as well as adoptive parents:
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undertook comprehensive adoption reform in 2015, repealing the 1977 ban on homosexual adoption, which the state had not enforced since 2010.
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Lofton v. Florida Department of Children and Families, United States Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit, 28 January 2004, accessed 9 July 2011
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McCollum had announced his candidacy for governor in May 2009, but on August 24, 2010, McCollum lost the Republican primary election to
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undertook comprehensive adoption reform in 2015. The legislation repealed the 1977 ban on homosexual adoption. HB 7013 passed the
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earned it," McCollum said this week. "He definitely put the hours and the time in. This is not a case where we overpaid him.
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two boys that he and his partner had been raising as foster children since 2004. Gill was prohibited from adopting by a
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court case that in 2010 ended Florida's 33-year ban on adoptions by homosexuals. In 2007, Frank Martin Gill, an openly
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On September 22, 2010, the court unanimously struck down the ban as violating the equal protection guarantees of the
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serving as foster parents. Thereafter, state child welfare workers placed numerous children (including victims of
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The state of Florida appealed the trial court decision. Oral arguments were heard by a three judge panel of the
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Greenhouse, Linda. "Justices Refuse to Consider Law Banning Gay Adoption," The New York Times, 11 January 2005
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Eleventh Circuit Court found in favor of petitioner, 2008; ruling had been appealed by the State of Florida.
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had gained further notability as the background to both the failed political ambitions of Attorney General
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Prior to reorganization in 1996, known as the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (HRS).
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thing. You need a mother and a father. You need a man and a woman. That's what God intended.
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reported that he had been photographed at Miami International Airport with a 20-year-old
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on August 26, 2009. Some observers believed the case would ultimately be decided by the
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former Senate President and House Speaker, repudiated the law. Former representative
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find credible sources. Because credible people don't believe this ban should exist."
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Nevertheless, while awaiting the decision of the appeals court, McCollum told the
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In 1999, the issue was heard in federal court for the first time when the case of
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signed the bill into law on June 11, and it came into effect on July 1, 2015.
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announced he would not pursue the case further, bringing the issue to a close.
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Before the appeals court's final decision was rendered in September 2010,
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Summaries of the Florida adoption cases from 1990 to 2003, prior to
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Transcript of the Eleventh Circuit Court trial, October 1-6, 2008
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National Association for Research & Therapy of Homosexuality
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said, "The hysteria of the times led us to do the wrong thing."
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Cox. v. Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services
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1977 Florida law prohibiting adoption by gay men and lesbians
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2010 Florida court case ending homosexual adoption bans
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Furthermore, in June 2003 the U. S. Supreme Court in
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the chambers of Judge Lederman on January 19, 2011.
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enacted a law prohibiting adoptions by homosexuals.
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Index

In re
Florida Third District Court of Appeal
45 So.3d 79
Bill McCollum
adoption
LGBT rights
Florida
gay
adopt
1977 Florida law prohibiting adoption by gay men and lesbians
Florida Constitution
Florida Third District Court of Appeal
Florida Legislature
Save Our Children
Anita Bryant
Miami-Dade
Florida Legislature
Lofton v. Kearney
Elaine Bloom
Lawrence v. Texas
sodomy laws
equal protection
due process
abuse or neglect
special needs
HIV
AIDS
Florida Department of Children and Families
Florida Department of Children and Families
American Civil Liberties Union

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