Miami judge rules against Florida gay adoption ban

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A judge on Tuesday ruled that a strict Florida law that blocks gay people from adopting children is unconstitutional, declaring there was no legal or scientific reason for sexual orientation alone to prohibit anyone from adopting.

Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Cindy Lederman said the 31-year-old law violates equal protection rights for the children and their prospective gay parents, rejecting the state's arguments that there is "a supposed dark cloud hovering over homes of homosexuals and their children."

She noted that gay people are allowed to be foster parents in Florida. "There is no rational basis to prohibit gay parents from adopting," she wrote in a 53-page ruling.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081125/ap_on_re_us/gay_adoptions

Is there a clause that says the 14th Amendment doesn't apply to Florida or something?

How has this been going on for 31 years? This has to be some sort of gross oversight, right?