The End of 33 Years of Stupidity

Today is a good day in Florida for children in need of a permanent home.

After 33 years of enduring the hatred sowed by former beauty queen Anita Bryant with her Save the Children campaign, the law banning LGBT people from being adoptive parents has quietly, and thankfully, died.

Republican Attorney General Bill McCollum released the following statement about the case involving Martin Gill, his partner and their two children they've been caring for as foster parents.

"The constitutionality of the Florida law banning adoption by homosexuals is a divisive matter of great public interest. As such, the final determination should rest with the Florida Supreme Court, not a lower appellate court. But after reviewing the merits of independently seeking Supreme Court review, following the decision of our client the Department of Children and Families not to appeal the decision of the Third District Court of Appeal, it is clear that this is not the right case to take to the Supreme Court for its determination. No doubt someday a more suitable case will give the Supreme Court the opportunity to uphold the constitutionality of this law."

This is all McCollum wants to say on this case which stands as one of the ugliest and embarrassing attempts to keep discrimination in Florida law. The "experts" called to testify, including the infamous George "Rent Me A Boy" Rekers, were grasping for reasons to justify preventing gay people from adopting children. It didn't work. And now it's gone. Thanks be to God!