Calif. Adoption Agency Agrees To End Discrimination Against Gays

[davidinalameda]

http://www.365gay.com/newscon05/10/100505calAdopt.htm

An Orange County-based adoption agency that was the subject of a three-year long legal battle for refusing to deal with gays and lesbians has signed a binding agreement with the state guaranteeing that it would no longer discriminate against applicants based on sexual orientation.

As a result of the agreement the American Civil Liberties Union announced Wednesday that it would no longer pursue the lawsuit.

"There are 500,000 children in foster care in the U.S., many in temporary emergency facilities awaiting foster families or adoption. By denying us placement solely because we are lesbians, Olive Crest was ignoring the needs of the children the state had placed in their care," said Shannon Rose, M.D., a pediatrician and fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics who brought the lawsuit along with her partner Jane Brooks, a lawyer specializing in family law.


hope they keep an eye on these people to make sure they're following the agreement

[TallahasseeGrannie]

1. Can we get them to talk to the idiots in Indiana? n/t

[HockeyMom]

2. You stole my line

It just seems the divide between the "red and blue" states is becoming a chasm. If they succeed in overturning Roe with Bush's new ACTIVIST JUDGES, it will become even more apparent. That is why I keep saying over and over, they will NOT be satisfied with just overturn Roe because far too many "liberal" states will not cooperate with this agenda. We will have a Republican controlled Congress passing laws which will be imposed on the minority of pro choice states.