Ethics

More on Florida Adoption Case

By Ed Brayton

The more I read about this Florida adoption case, the more appalled I am at the state's position. The two children in this case are biological brothers from an astonishingly neglectful and abusive home. The Florida Department of Children and Families actually called the plaintiffs, a gay couple, and asked them to take in the two boys, who were respectively 4 years old and an infant at the time. The couple had been foster parents for children in the past, but they initially said no because they were planning to move out of state soon.

The DCF assured them that this would only be a temporary placement, so they agreed to take the boys in. This was just before Christmas in 2004 and they figured that, at the very least, they could bring a little happiness to the children at Christmas before moving. Read what the judge said about the condition the boys were in when they arrived:

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on December 01, 2008 (boomark / email).