Anti-gay marriage group on panel studying adoptions by unmarried couples

[kayell]

http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=1813446&nav=0RaPMaCm

(Columbia-AP) April 26, 2004 - Some activists are angry that lawmakers plan to include a group that opposes gay marriage on a panel studying whether unmarried couples can adopt children.

The Palmetto Family Council is the only private group so far given a position on a committee studying the bill to bar unmarried couples from adopting children or becoming foster parents. The conservative Christian group is a nonprofit organization that advocates for traditional families.

Johanna Haynes of the South Carolina Equality Coalition says a main opposition group to gay adoption shouldn't be on the committee. Haynes hopes her organization gets a seat, too.

The bill's sponsor, Greenville Senator Mike Fair, says he would consider removing the Palmetto Family Council, but Fair says he's not sure he wants a gay and lesbian group on the panel.

[CheshireCat]

1. We need to defeat Mike Fair!

He has been trying to inflict his beliefs on South Carolinians for decades now.

It is so unfair to include the Palmetto Family Council in this group.