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Campaign to end Florida's Adoption Ban
Click on the image below to see a photo gallery with images from the ACLU of Florida's campaign kick-off event at South Beach's Shore Club on Januray 9, 2010, featuring Sex and the City star Cynthia Nixon.
Press Releases
- 12-5-08 - ACLU Seeks Immediate Florida Supreme Court Hearing For Children And Gay Adoptive Dad
- 11-25-08 - Florida Trial Court Opens Way for Lesbians and Gay Men to Adopt
- 11-25-08 - Florida Trial Court Opens Way for Lesbians and Gay Men to Adopt
- 10-02-08 - Adoption Ban Challenge
- 10-02-08 - Blog post: Trial Begins in Challenge to Florida Law Barring Lesbian and Gay Men from Adopting
- 4-14-06 - Gay and Lesbian Rights Episode of Freedom Files to Air on Court TV
- 10-1-04 - ACLU Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Appeal in Challenge to Florida Gay Adoption Ban
- 9-30-04 - Foster Parents in ACLU Case Challenging Florida's Gay Adoption Ban to Speak at Gay Rights Conference
- 7-22-04 - In a Six-to-Six Vote, Federal Appeals Court Declines to Reconsider Decision Upholding Florida's Anti-Gay Adoption Law
- 2-18-04 - ACLU Asks Appeals Court to Reconsider Decision Upholding Florida's Anti-Gay Adoption Law
- 1-29-04 - ACLU Dismayed by 11th Circuit Court of Appeals Decision Upholding Florida?s Anti-Gay Adoption Law
- 3-4-03 - ACLU Argues Case Challenging Florida's Gay Adoption Ban
- 4-18-02 - Florida Trying to Muzzle Children's Advocates who Contend Gay Adoption Ban 'Hurts' Kids, ACLU Says
- 3-14-02 - Child Welfare, Civil Rights Advocates Call on State Officials to Keep Family at Center of Gay Adoption Battle Together
- 3-13-02 - ACLU Launches Special Web Site to Fight Florida's Gay Adoption Ban, Protect Families
- 3-7-02 - 'We Were Wrong,' Say Former Legislators Who Voted for Florida's Gay Adoption Ban Nearly 25 years ago
- 2-20-02 - Mainstream Children's Groups Urge Appeals Court to Overturn Florida Gay Adoption Ban
- 2-14-02 - Landmark ACLU Case Challenging Florida's Gay Adoption Ban Reaches Federal Appeals Court
- 9-26-00 - Drop in Adoptions Costs Florida $2.6 Million in Federal Funds; ACLU Vows to Overturn Gay Adoption Ban
- 3-2-00- First Hearing in Challenge to Florida's Ban on Gay Adoptions Set for Monday March 6 in Key West
Legal Documents
- Lofton Petition Asking U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Case (.pdf format)
- Lofton Brief Seeking Reconsideration of Appeals Court Decision
- Court of Appeals Brief in Lofton Gay Adoption Case
- Motion for Reconsideration (PDF) Filed in September 2001 to ask a district judge to reconsider his ruling upholding the ban
- Opposition to State's Motion for Summary Judgment (PDF) Filed in spring of 2000 to stop the state from throwing out the case.
- Affidavit of Steven Lofton (PDF) Steve's Official Story in Writing
- ACLU of Florida's Response to State's Request for Case Dismissal
- Initial Complaint in Lofton v. Butterworth (PDF) This is the first document filed in federal court in 1999.
