Miami judge who struck gay adoption ban demoted
(Miami) A Miami-Dade circuit court judge who ruled Florida’s gay adoption ban is unconstitutional has been demoted.
Judge Cindy Lederman has been removed from her 15-year post as top administrative judge over Miami-Dade’s juvenile courts. The new chief justice over Miami courts says he wanted new perspectives and leadership.
Lederman ruled in …
Tags: Administrative Judge, Cindy, Circuit Court Judge, Florida Adoption, Florida Gay, Gay Adoption, Gay Miami, Juvenile Courts, Leadership, Lederman, Miami Dade, Miami Gay, Miami Judge, New Chief Justice, New PerspectivesCourt: Fla. must recognize states’ gay adoptions
Florida must recognize gay couples’ adoptions that were granted in other states even though its laws bar granting such adoptions, a state appeals court ruled Wednesday.
A trial court erred when it wouldn’t recognize a former lesbian couple’s adoptions that had been completed when the women lived in Washington state, the 2nd District Court of Appeal ruled unanimously. Florida is the only state that prohibits all gays from adopting, but the judges said the U.S. Constitution requires it to give “full faith and credit” to the actions of other states.
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Two charged in Florida gay bashing
Two charged in Florida gay bashing
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Two charged in Florida gay bashing
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Tags: Florida Gay, Gay Bashing, Gay FloridaFlorida Supreme Court takes up gay adoption advocacy case
(Tallahassee, Florida) The Florida Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral arguments as to whether a committee of the Florida Bar Association can present arguments challenging the state’s ban on gays adopting children.
Florida law allows gays to serve as foster parents but not adopt. The law is considered the most repressive of its …
Tags: Adoption Advocacy, Challenging The State, Court Case, Florida Adoption, Florida Bar Association, Florida Gay, Florida Law, Florida Supreme Court, Foster Parents, Gay Adoption, Gay Florida, Gays Adopting Children, Oral Arguments, Tallahassee FloridaNew potential evidence found in Florida gay murder case
(Bartow, Florida) The prosecution in the trial of a man accused of killing Ryan Skipper in 2007 says it has found new evidence that could be linked to the slaying.
Joseph Bearden, a known methamphetamine addict, is accused of robbing, killing Skipper, and dumping his body. He has pleaded not guilty. …
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