PS: I do, however, support the ‘conscience clause’ that might give adoption agencies some leeway to adopt — however, if it gives as much power as would be needed for, say, a University to kick out students for Interracial Dating (like Bob Jones University tried doing recently), then this would violate civil rights; On the other hand, if it was like a conscience clause that allowed places to not be forced to do abortions, I would be OK with it. For adoptions, how would this work? Well, “singles” might be given “less” preference than married couples (hey, they already are! And it’s not discrimination, but merely “state’s interests”), so, if singles can be given “less” preference, then so can “Same Sex” couples — but to outright ban gays would be like outright banning singles from adopting — either extreme is bad. So, private agencies might be given a “little” more leeway, but, in the end, the law is the law.

See -also – for example, the “DECLARATION OF LOREN MARKS, PH.D.,” page 20, in Searcy, et al. v. Strange, No. 11:14-cv-208-CGM (S.D.,Ala. 2015), where a small, but statistically significant, group of children were compared, and all things being equal, married couples had the best development from objective teacher reports (and not biased parental reporting), and next, singles, and lastly, homosexual rearing. In other words, “on average” gays did worse even than singles or marrieds, but, in some cases, they were the ‘best’ option for a child that would otherwise wind up in foster care, a ward of the state, or – worse yet – live on the streets.

However, I respectfully dissent on the fullness of your message here — as I even told Governor Rick Scott recently: http://gordonwatts.com/email-to-the-governor-about-adoption-bill.html

http://gordonWAYNEwatts.com/email-to-the-governor-about-adoption-bill.html

This is a bitter pill for you to swallow, but you all are mature enough to accept respectful dissent, and for that, I commend the Florida Family Action and the Florida Family Policy Council.

For my part, I aspire to be diplomatic and respectful to all of you — fellow-Conservatives and fellow-Christians.// 🙂 <3

Gordon Wayne Watts