Our goofy Legislature: Bestiality still legal, gay adoption not

She’s tried before, and Democratic state senator Nan Rich of Weston is trying again: Rich wants to make it legal for gays to adopt and illegal for Floridians to have sex with animals.

You’d have thought by now, in the year 2009, the law would be the other way around.

But not in Flori-duh.

Give Rich credit for continuing her quixotic quest.

She’s made a push on both fronts in the past, but the efforts haven’t gotten far with the righteous right-wingers of Tallahassee.

Even though gays are legally allowed to become foster parents for children in the state’s welfare system, they are still prohibited from taking the logical last step -- adopting them permanently.

Rich is the prime sponsor of two bills, SB460 and SB500, to right that wrong. Rich would like the Legislature to erase the 1970s Anita Bryant-era ban in order to make an ongoing court fight over gay adoption moot.

As explained in an e-mail by Kristin Carter, Rich's legislative aide:

SB 460 would give judges the latitude to permit adoption by a gay person under certain circumstances – basically for foster parents or guardians who already have custody of the child, and the judge finds adoption would be in the child’s best interests.
This is the approach that Senator Rich’s legislation on this issue has taken in the past. This year, she decided to file it again, and then also decided to file a complete repeal of the ban on adoption based on sexual orientation, which is what SB 500 would do.

Fat chance. Even though there is a twin bill in the House to repeal the ban (HB 413, filed by Rep. Mary Brandenburg, D-West Palm Beach) the Republican-dominated House is usually loathe to such progressive thinking. I hope I’m wrong, but I’m betting by the end of the session on May 1 the gay adoption ban stays in place.

The bestiality ban, SB448, has a better shot. There is already a twin House bill with several Republican co-sponsors. The bill should get the backing of powerful animal-rights groups, and I can’t imagine anybody working the other side of this issue. (Unless there’s a North American Man-Sheep Love Association out there that I’m not aware of).

Here’s hoping Rich goes at least one-for-two.


So wrong on so many counts legal to screw an animal but not legal to be adopted due to same sex preference.

Hey does this mean parents who prefer to have sex with animals vs same sex make better parents?

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