Foes of gay marriage oppose North Miami adoption ruling

Posted on December 3, 2008
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The former Miami-Dade County coordinator for the state’s gay marriage ban amendment will meet with area pastors Tuesday to voice opposition to a recent court ruling allowing adoption by a gay man.

Rev. Paul Carvalho will hold a press conference at Wayside Baptist Church, 7701 SW 98th St. at noon on Wednesday.

Last week, a Miami child welfare judge declared Florida’s 31-year-old ban on adoption by gay people unconstitutional.

Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Cindy Lederman approved the adoption of two half-brothers, identified as John and James Doe, by Frank Gill, a gay North Miami man who has raised the two foster children since they were brought to him in December 2004 by a state child abuse investigator. The boys now are 8 and 4 years old.

Advocates for gay rights and foster children praised the ruling while opponents blasted it, calling the ruling an attempt at judicial lawmaking. The state has said it will appeal the ruling. See Foes of gay marriage oppose North Miami adoption ruling