Currently Florida specifically bans gays and lesbians from adopting. The law dates back to 1977 when Anita Bryant led a statewide campaign to over-turn Dade county’s gay rights law. Claiming that gays and lesbians were

Most children in the United States do not live with two married parents. In fact, according to the 2000 census, only 24% homes were composed of a married mother and father with children living at home. The Florida court argues that children are better off raised in a two-parent heterosexual household. In fact, scientific studies have shown that children who grow up in one or two-parent gay or lesbian households fare just as well emotionally and socially as children whose parents are heterosexual. Studies have shown that children are more influenced by their interactions with their parents, than by their sexual orientation. With this in mind, the American Association of Pediatrics supports gay and lesbian couples adopting children. Gay and Lesbian Adoption.com state that there is no legal reason why gays and lesbians should be denied the right to adopt children. The law only hurts children waiting to be adopted and deprives loving parents who would care for these children.

In the past, most children of gay and lesbian parents were born into heterosexual families and later broke. Today more and more lesbian and gay couples are m

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