Gay adoption

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The Supreme Court rejected an appeal Monday by four men who challenged Florida's ban on adoption by gay couples, avoiding another contentious fight over gay rights. Florida is the only state with a blanket law prohibiting homosexuals from adopting children, but the high court was told that other states could now feel free to copy the ban.

For the record, I don't think that gay couples have a constitutional right to adopt. But I do think that a statute that prohibits gay adoption represents really bad public policy. We know a couple who are lesbians and who are awesome parents. One is a lawyer, the other is a doctor, and they both are strong candidates for the world's nicest person award. I'm also pretty sure that they are not going to try to teach their daughter to be a lesbian (as if that would be possible).

Lots of kids are waiting to be adopted, and not one should be sentenced to a childhood in an orphanage or foster home because of homophobia.