Crist defends gay-parent ban

[RandySF]

Can we pull this guy out of the closet now?

http://floridacapitalnews.com/article/20090722/CAPITOLNEWS/907220319

When Gov. Charlie Crist crosses the state today to proclaim "Explore Adoption Day," lawyers for his administration will be preparing to go to court to defend a 1977 law that bans gay adoption.

Crist will tout a second, record-breaking year with more than 3,700 adoptions, up from 3,674, and cite the Department of Children and Families' ability to reduce the number of children in foster care by 10,000.

But civil-rights advocates argue that Crist could brag about even more impressive numbers if Florida wasn't the only state in the nation with an outright ban.

[JI7]

1. didn't a bunch of kids just "go missing" from the florida foster care system ?

people didn't know what happened to them. where they ended up etc ?

remember rilya wilson, whatever happened to that case ?

[Betty Karlson]

2. Repulsive

The way this man uses other people's prejudices to garner votes is repulsive, aspecially when you take into account how much understanding he could garner for the issue by using the rumours about his love life and turn them into an argument for understanding.

[glowing]

3. I'm sure his closet will be unlocked if Rubio thinks the numbers are too close.