This past Saturday, November 21st, was National Adoption Day. A day meant to raise awareness of the children in foster care waiting to find permanent families.

This is a great cause worthy of broad support but here in Florida the holiday came and went without addressing the elephant in the room—Florida is the only state to specifically ban members of the LGBT community from adopting a child; although it hypocritically will allow a someone who is gay to foster a child until they are 18.

The law specifically states "No person eligible to adopt under this statute may adopt if that person is a homosexual." This incongruity is a farce. It violates the rights of Florida's 20,000+ children who are languishing in foster care, especially the 3,500 who are up for permanent adoption at any one time because it violates their right to permanency. It hurts LGBT individuals and couples who are denied the ability to both provide a public service and to grow their own family. It hurts Florida financially and it hurts the very future of these children. (For more of this article, Click on: Care2.

From Ron: And the irony that by every yardstick and anyone's gardar, Florida's Governor, Charlie Crist, is as gay as, well a turkey. Yet, he signed the anti gay adoption bill into law. If you want convincing documentation of the Governor's homosexuality, see the film, "Outrage" available on Netflix.