Video: Sotomayor on gay marriage
Sonia Sotomayor was asked by Sen. Lindsey Graham today about how the Full Faith and Credit Clause will affect “who should get married and what the boundaries are for marriage.”
Then Sen. John Cornyn jumped in: “If the Supreme Court in the next few years holds that there is a constitutional …
Court: 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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Court rules Fla. must honor gay second-parent adoptions
Sarasota, Fla.) Today, the Florida Court of Appeals unanimously reversed a lower court ruling and held that Florida must give full faith and credit to adoptions granted to same-sex couples by other states, holding that Lara Embry, the plaintiff in the case, “must be given the same rights as any …
