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Miami judge rules against Florida gay adoption ban
By CURT ANDERSON, AP Legal Affairs Writer
Tue Nov 25, 5:33 pm ET
MIAMI A judge on Tuesday ruled that a strict Florida law that blocks gay people from adopting children is unconstitutional, declaring there was no legal or scientific reason for sexual orientation alone to prohibit anyone from adopting.
Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Cindy Lederman said the 31-year-old law violates equal protection rights for the children and their prospective gay parents, rejecting the state's arguments that there is "a supposed dark cloud hovering over homes of homosexuals and their children."
She noted that gay people are allowed to be foster parents in Florida. "There is no rational basis to prohibit gay parents from adopting," she wrote in a 53-page ruling.
Florida is the only state with an outright ban on gay adoption. Arkansas voters last month approved a measure similar to a law in Utah that bans any unmarried straight or gay couples from adopting or fostering children. Mississippi bans gay couples, but not single gays, from adopting.
The ruling means that Martin Gill, 47, and his male partner can adopt two brothers, ages 4 and 8, whom he has cared for as foster children since December 2004.
"I've never seen myself as less than anybody else," Gill said. "We're very grateful. Today, I've cried the first tears of joy in my life."
He said the two boys have been practicing writing their new last names, and the older one said: "That's what's...
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This is a project made for AP Psychology in Westhill High School, with Ms.Kousidis as the teacher. This is a skit that is very informative, but more importantly, creative and funny. This is our first real video. Enjoy :-).
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This is the first video I have done.
It is a project I did for my journalism class and I wanted to put it up for everyone to watch.
Here are some links to the research I used for this project:
http://www.apa.org/science/psa/sb-anderson.html
http://www.psychology.iastate.edu/faculty/caa/abstracts/2000-2004/04a.pdf
http://sitemaker.umich.edu/brad.bushman/files/ab97.pdf
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Final project for Abnormal Psychology at Ball State University.
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"Modern, transcedent, spiritual and liberatory vision of the spiritual guides, from After Life, who send impressive wise messages regarding several different subjects through the mediumship of Benjamin Teixeira. You can deepen your knowledge of religion, science, sex, sociology, profound psychology and transcendence, as well as other areas of knowledge, brilliantly proposed and associated by them, watching our videos available here on Youtube, using the keywords "Salto Quantico English Subtitles", or accessing our website: www.saltoquantico.com.br and then clicking at the english flag at the right top of the page, where you can also find their messages sent by automatic writting."
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