Unfit parents?Despite the U.S. Supreme Court's June sodomy sodomy Noncoital carnal copulation. Sodomy is a crime in some jurisdictions. Some sodomy laws, particularly in Middle Eastern countries and those jurisdictions observing Shari'ah law, provide penalties as severe as life imprisonment for homosexual intercourse, even if the ruling ordering states out of gay bedrooms, Florida can still tell gay couple Steven Lofton and Roger Croteau that they are "morally" unacceptable parents, a federal appeals court has ruled. The couple, along with two other gay men, on January 28 lost a high-profile challenge to the state's complete ban on gay adoption, the only one of its kind in the nation. "The Supreme Court made it clear that lesbian and gay relationships must be respected, and the appeals court has ignored that decision," said Paul Cates n. pl. 1. Provisions; food; viands; especially, luxurious food; delicacies; dainties. Cates for which Apicius could not pay. - Shurchill. Choicest cates and the fiagon's best spilth. - R. Browning. of the American Civil Liberties Union American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), nonpartisan organization devoted to the preservation and extension of the basic rights set forth in the U.S. Constitution. , adding the ACLU ACLU: see American Civil Liberties Union. would work to ensure the children involved are not removed from their homes. Lofton and Croteau, who now live in Oregon with their five children (some or whom have AIDS) gained national attention when former talkshow host Rosie O'Donnell focused on their case while coming out in a 2002 interview on ABC's Primetime, Live. "It is my hope this case will be heard by the Supreme Court, where this absurd discriminatory dis·crim·i·na·to·ry adj. 1. Marked by or showing prejudice; biased. 2. Making distinctions. dis·crim decision will be reversed," she said after the ruling. |
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