HRC Condemns Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant’s Statement of Support for LGBT Adoption Ban

[TheProgressivePatriot]

It's good to see that HRC has come around to gay rights in recent years.

You don't seem to know what HRC actually is. You should read the OP before commenting.

Hillary Says Her Support For Anti-Gay Marriage Law Was A ‘Defense Action’ [VIDEO]

First of all, this is NOT about Secretary Clinton. PLEASE read the OP

Secondly, of course it was defensive. In addition to warding off a Constitutional amendment that would institutionalize discrimination, there was a promise of an employment no-discrimination legislation which the scum Republicans reneged on and is still not law. What is your point in even bringing that up?

I will add that back then, full support for equality was political suicide. That is the sad state of the political climate. It's the same reason why Obama was not for same sex marriage then. He would not have been elected.

Lastly, you may have noticed that this thread is about adoption, and as such, it is as much about the rights of children to be adopted married parents and to have every opportunity to have a stable and permanent home- as it is about gay rights. Gay people were having children- including by adoption long before gay marriage was close to being a reality, but those children were being short changed- they were being punished because they had gay parents- by DOMA and state laws prohibiting gay marriage. So what exactly are you trying to say here.?

 

[TheProgressivePatriot]

UPDATE!!

Same-Sex Couples Can Now Adopt Children In All 50 States
A federal judge ruled Mississippi’s ban on same-sex adoption is unconstitutional.

Same-Sex Couples Can Now Adopt Children In All 50 States

A federal judge ruled Thursday that Mississippi’s ban on same-sex couples adopting children is unconstitutional, making gay adoption legal in all 50 states.

U.S. District Judge Daniel Jordan issued a preliminary injunction against the ban, citing the Supreme Court’s decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide last summer. The injunction blocks Mississippi from enforcing its 16-year-old anti-gay adoption law.

The Supreme Court ruling “foreclosed litigation over laws interfering with the right to marry and rights and responsibilities intertwined with marriage,” Jordan wrote. “It also seems highly unlikely that the same court that held a state cannot ban gay marriage because it would deny benefits — expressly including the right to adopt — would then conclude that married gay couples can be denied that very same benefit.”