This is one of the best juxtapositions of backwards Florida laws I have seen.
Glenna Milberg’s blog, Milberg’s Musings, recently had a great entry called “Who’s Your Daddy”, which looked at two different court cases happening at the same time in South Florida. One was a child abuse case against a man named Loscar Rodriguez, a father who “disciplined” his kid so much that they couldn’t sit down because of the welts and bruises. The other was the case of Frank Gil, the gay man who is fighting to adopt two boys he fostered, which might just overturn Florida’s ridiculous ban on gays adopting.
The outcomes of the two cases? The abuse case was dismissed in 12 minutes. The adoption case will take months, with more appeals sure to come. Milbank’s conclusion is dead on:
Florida law bans gay people from adopting children. But it protects the right to beat a child with an object until he/she is black and blue.
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