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Judge Strikes Down Mississippi's Ban on Same-Sex Adoptions
A federal judge struck down Mississippi's ban on adoption by same-sex couples Thursday — making the practice legal nationwide.
"We are obviously thrilled with today's ruling, but our clients are beyond ecstatic," said Roberta Kaplan, lead attorney in the case for the Campaign for Southern Equality, a North Carolina-based activist group, which represented four Mississippi couples in the suit along with the Massachusetts-based Family Equality Council.
"Two sets of our clients have waited many (almost 9 and 16) years to become legal parents to the children they have loved and cared for since birth," Kaplan said. "We hope that it should finally be clear that discrimination against gay people simply because they are gay violates the Constitution in all 50 states, including Mississippi."
Judge Strikes Down Mississippi's Ban on Same-Sex Adoptions
A federal judge struck down Mississippi's ban on adoption by same-sex couples Thursday — making the practice legal nationwide.
"We are obviously thrilled with today's ruling, but our clients are beyond ecstatic," said Roberta Kaplan, lead attorney in the case for the Campaign for Southern Equality, a North Carolina-based activist group, which represented four Mississippi couples in the suit along with the Massachusetts-based Family Equality Council.
"Two sets of our clients have waited many (almost 9 and 16) years to become legal parents to the children they have loved and cared for since birth," Kaplan said. "We hope that it should finally be clear that discrimination against gay people simply because they are gay violates the Constitution in all 50 states, including Mississippi."