In Florida, a judge has ruled that the state’s gay-adoption ban is unconsitutional, according to the Associated Press.
Monroe Circuit Court Judge David Audlin, Jr., delivered the ruling, which was in favor of a gay foster parent in Key West who wanted to adopt a 13-year-old boy. Audlin said that the statute violates the Florida Constitution’s concept of separation of powers and that the law singles out one particular group for punishment.
Gay people can be foster parents, but are prevented from adopting. The only other state with such a ban is Mississippi.