Florida’s adoption ban may be taken off the books

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Florida’s ban on adoption by gay people was ruled unconstitutional back in 2010, but has remained part of the state’s constitution.

A South Florida state representative is hoping to change that. Rep. David Richardson filed an amendment March 10 that would strike the gay adoption ban from state law.

According to Equality Florida, the amendment has cleared the House and will be officially voted on March 11.

The law was first passed by the Florida Legislature in 1977 after the anti-gay “Save Our Children” campaign by Anita Bryant. A circuit appeals court upheld the ban in 2004, but a state appeals court struck it down in 2010.

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