Religion & Law

FL v. Monson and Florida's homosexual adoption laws
On In Session this week, the trial of a Florida woman accused of killing her ex-girlfriend. Cynthia Monson and Patricia Thomas dated for approximately twelve years.  Early in their relationship, Monson adopted two children...

Florida woman kills her lesbian lover, says she was protecting her children
On January 17, 2009, 50-year-old Cynthia Monson fatally shot her ex-girlfriend of twelve years five times.  According to Monson, Patricia Thomas, 55, went to Monson?s house, threatened to kill her, and take her children away...

Adoption in Florida - continued
Florida's "homosexual" adoption ban, as codified in Florida Statute section 63.042, providing "No person eligible to adopt under this statute may adopt if that person is a homosexual," is again the subject of litigation...

Florida's gay adoption debate
Cynthia Monson who was in an on again, off again relationship with Patricia Thomas, adopted two children early on in their relationship. Monson adopted the children alone because it is illegal in Florida for homosexuals to adopt children, but the couple had an agreement that the children were ?theirs...

Graffiti Artist [sic] Ordered to Surrender Passport
This is moronic: Thurston County Superior Court Judge Anne Hirsch ordered mixed martial arts champion Jeff Monson to surrender his passport Tuesday after Monson pleaded not guilty to malicious-mischief charges for allegedly spray-painting an anarchist symbol on the Capitol last year...

Trial Judge Strikes Down Florida Ban on Gay Adoption
In granting an adoption by a gay man of a foster child that he and his partner had been caring for for years, a trial judge in Key West recently struck down Florida’s ban on adoption by lesbians and gay men...

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Florida Cement and Concrete Producers Face Price-Fixing Class Action
Florida Cement and Concrete Producers Face Price-Fixing Class Action

Florida State Settles with Feds over Disclosure of Personal Driver Info
Florida State Settles with Feds over Disclosure of Personal Driver Info

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