Indiana A.G. To Appeal Pro-Lesbian Adoption Ruling

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http://www.365gay.com/Newscon06/05/051506indad.htm

The state attorney general's office will ask the Indiana Supreme Court to overturn a ruling allowing unmarried couples, including those of the same sex, to adopt children through a joint petition that gives both partners equal custody.

Two trial judges have disagreed on the issue and the Indiana Court of Appeals voted 2-1 last month in ruling that same-sex couples could adopt by joint petition. Attorney General State Carter noted the conflict among judges in a news release issued Monday.

"Given such a division thus far among five judges at two different levels of our courts; and given the fact that the state Supreme Court has not yet had the opportunity to interpret the most recent relevant enactment of the legislature, I find it proper to invite the High Court to be heard in this matter," Carter said.

Carter's office wants the court to vacate the Court of Appeals' ruling. Carter said the issue is whether Indiana law has changed to permit unmarried couples to adopt through a joint petition.

[xchrom]

1. ag carter is a tapeworm.

imagine the situation arose that vaguely treated gay folk like human beings and you -- sensing a weakness must run off to the high court to see if there is an exploitable weakness.