Judge Strikes Down Oklahoma Anti-Gay Adoption Law

[Green Gaia]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060520/ap_on_re_us/gay_adoption

OKLAHOMA CITY - A federal judge struck down a 2-year-old law that prohibits Oklahoma from recognizing adoptions by same-sex couples from other states and countries.
U.S. District Judge Robin Cauthron ruled Friday the measure violated due process rights under the U.S. Constitution because it attempted to break up families without considering the parents' fitness or the children's best interests. Gay-rights organization Lambda Legal had challenged the law on behalf of three same-sex couples.
"Gay and lesbian parents in Oklahoma can now breathe a collective sigh of relief because their relationships with their children are no longer threatened by the state of Oklahoma," said Ken Upton, an attorney in Lambda Legal's Dallas office.
One of the plaintiffs, Heather Finstuen, said the ruling will allow her and partner Anne Magro to focus on being parents to their 7-year-old twin girls rather than worrying about the adoption law.
"This is really good news for our family," she said. "It's a huge relief."
The couple said the law endangered the legal relationship established by a New Jersey court between Finstuen and her adopted daughters. The girls were born to Magro.

We'll keep taking the small victories... they will add up.

 

[Sunstone]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060520/ap_on_re_us/gay_adoption



We'll keep taking the small victories... they will add up.

Just an aside, Maize, but were you aware that James Dobson is originally from Oklahoma, where his family has been preachers for two or three generations?

I expect he will soon announce the Great Civilization That Is Oklahoma shall collapse now that gay adoption is permitted there.

 

[jeffrey]

How did that expression go? One small step for man, one giant step for mankind?

 

[michel]

How did that expression go? One small step for man, one giant step for mankind?

Just what I was thinking.

 

[Sunstone]

How did that expression go? One small step for man, one giant step for mankind?

Especially for children and families, I think.

 

[Orleander]

I swear, some judges think that instead of swearing on the Bible to uphold the Constitution they are swearing on the Constitution to uphold the Bible.
How on earth did a law like that get passed??

 

[darkwaldo]

One more victory towards equal rights. Hurrah