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Aggie & Iowa, perhaps my position on this particular topic was not clear, I am more concerned about the NUMBER of children in foster care, than who their potential adoptive parents may be.
Judging by your posts, allow me to enlighten you on the eligibility of adoptive parents for WARDS OF THE STATE (any individual can apply to a private agency for adoption) Fifteen years ago, if you were not married and/or over 40, you were ineligible to adopt children from the STATE. Single people and persons over 40 have been cleared for adoption due to the number of children that were not being adopted.
Again, I would be disappointed if the laws in Florida are changed, would that means is that the State has abandoned efforts to 1) abandoned efforts to find preventative measures to reduce the amount of children in foster care 2) abandoned efforts to find preventative measures to reduce the number of children in foster care 3) abandoned efforts to find preventative measures to reduce the number of children in foster care..... In their minds, the problem would be solved because we've expanded the number of people eligible to adopt. Don't kid yourself, gay and lesbian parents abound in the State of Florida, they just can't ADOPT children who are wards of the State.
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