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Well, Florida finally did something right.
Last month, a circuit court judge in Florida made the decision to allow a gay man by the name Wayne LaRue Smith to legally adopt a son.
The boy had been living with Mr. Smith (and his partner Daniel) as a foster child for seven years; apparently seven years is all it takes for a Florida court to realize that you’re fit to adopt.
But the decision, though victorious for me and my proud homosexual race, wasn’t what caught my attention when I read about this business. (I have no interest in adopting any angsty, pubescent 12-year-old right now.)
Apparently, the 12-year-old’s teacher showed up in court to testify to how great the gay dads were as parents, and she had this to say:
“I must confess, the first year I had him [in class], knowing he was of gay parents, I looked for things, and I found nothing.”
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