Same-sex adoption ban upheld (11th Circut Speaks AGAINST courts as "Superlegislatures!!)

World Net Daily ^ | JANUARY 29, 2004 | WorldNetDaily

[little jeremiah]

Homosexual Agenda Ping - another article about the good news from FL. The judges actually speak out against judicial activism. Now if only a couple of the SCOTUS justices would retire and get replaced with conservatives or at least not criminally insane liberal/leftists.

If anyone wants on or off this ping list, pingify me!

[DannyTN]

I'm glad for the decision.

But I don't see how a legislature cannot discriminate against gays by outlawing deviant sexual practices but can discriminate against gays in adoption rights.

Either the state has the right to say what is allowed in their state or they don't. This is an arbitary line being drawn and if it's allowed to shift once it most certainly will shift again.

[Salvation]

BTTT!

[Wheee The People]

"The legislature is the proper forum for this debate, and we do not sit as a superlegislature to award by judicial decree what was not achievable by political consensus,"

WORD

[Salvation]

You might enjoy this article:

2004: Supreme Issue

[The Old Hoosier]

Bump for later.

[MissNomer]

I also am glad for the decision, as well as for that remarkable quote denouncing judicial activism. Regarding your point about discriminating against gays in one area and not another, there is one small, rather easily overlooked sentence in that original article (well, okay, *I* overlooked it the first time) that explains the distinction:

"The court noted that under Florida law, adoption is a privilege and not a right and the state can make classifications with respect to adoption that might be constitutionally suspect in other areas."

While adoption is a privilege not covered by constitutional protections, sexual activity (consensual, of course) is considered a constitutionally protected right. I find this a very helpful distinction, and I hope other courts uphold it as well. (See tagline.)

[tuesday afternoon]

Bump.

[gobucks]

LOL!!! Good one!

[gobucks]

See #2. There's lots of stuff in this article missing from the the "same" story you refer too.

[gobucks]

Agreed - and the trojan horse of homo marriage has yet to be stopped effectively. I'm guessing it really will end up as a constitutional fight ... and one that will be lost. The supermajority doesn't yet see the threat, and majority votes won't be enough.

[Ronly Bonly Jones]

This ruling is obviously mindless rantings of the heterosexist nazi krischun right. We look forward to replacing all these judges with more socially aware ones after the revolution. /sarcasm

[gobucks]

LOL ... thanks to your sarcasm tag...

Oh, but how true it would be for a committed DUer this comment would be...

[GulliverSwift]

Michael Jackson is deeply saddened.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

The first bit of good news regarding this atrocity.

All gay adoption is child abuse.

[gobucks]

All gay adoption is child abuse.

Doc ... truer words were NEVER written.

[GulliverSwift]

In the same way that it can against those with low incomes and alcohol abuse problems, none of which is illegal. Kids deserve better than that. And they deserve better than having 2 (or more) mentally disturbed people as parents.

[DannyTN]

"While adoption is a privilege not covered by constitutional protections, sexual activity (consensual, of course) is considered a constitutionally protected right."

That is a very fine line, because if their sexual activity is constitutionally protected, then on what grounds did the state decide not to allow them the privilege of adopting?

Secondly that distinction does not separate sodomy from prostitution or bestiality. So even if we accepted that as a distinction the judicial/legislative line is still unmoored.

[DannyTN]

I agree the kids deserve better than that.

I just question why the state can discriminate against homosexuals but can't outlaw the homosexual behavior.

[GulliverSwift]

I just question why the state can discriminate against homosexuals but can't outlaw the homosexual behavior.

I agree to some extent. I think that we may get an effective criminalization of it in the future once they figure that they can sue someone for giving them AIDS.