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The federal government will not go into a gay person's home and take their biological child unless the child is being abused. What the government is saying is that the STATE will not allow a practice that currently, in the State of Florida is against the law.
If gays and lesibians want to adopt children, they have 47 other states in which to do it. The states that probably don't have specific laws against it, proably don't have laws that specifically allow it either.
In a democracy, individuals have the right to free expression without the fear of reprisal, (did I spell that correctly). I for one, would be disappointed if the State of Florida, changed the law.
It is a sad state of affairs that Florida has the number of children in foster care, which I think is more IMPORTANT. The issue shouldn't be about whether gay people can adopt children in foster care, the issue is WHY ARE THERE SO MANY CHILDREN IN THE SYSTEM? The collective energy should be focused on reducing the children in the system, not accepting that the problem will increase.
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