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Title: KY Court Forbids Gay ’Stepparent’ Adoptions
Post by: Natasha on September 16, 2008, 06:14:06 PM
Post by: Natasha on September 16, 2008, 06:14:06 PM
KY Court Forbids Gay 'Stepparent' Adoptions
http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=80475 (http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=80475)
9/16/2008
In a harsh ruling that underscores how constitutional amendments targeting gay families can be cited as justification to deny same-sex couples rights other than marriage, the Kentucky Court of Appeals has ruled that gays and lesbians must be excluded from step-parent style adoptions.
The ruling was handed down Sept. 13, reported the KY newspaper the Courier-Journal in a Sept. 16 story.
The reached unanimously by the Court of Appeals justices, who wrote an opinion excoriating one judge for having permitted, and others for possibly having permitted, such adoptions to take place.
http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=80475 (http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=80475)
9/16/2008
In a harsh ruling that underscores how constitutional amendments targeting gay families can be cited as justification to deny same-sex couples rights other than marriage, the Kentucky Court of Appeals has ruled that gays and lesbians must be excluded from step-parent style adoptions.
The ruling was handed down Sept. 13, reported the KY newspaper the Courier-Journal in a Sept. 16 story.
The reached unanimously by the Court of Appeals justices, who wrote an opinion excoriating one judge for having permitted, and others for possibly having permitted, such adoptions to take place.