The Census Bureau has found that the South is home to more gay families than other regions in the country. And Jacksonville has one of the biggest populations of gay parents about 1/3 of gay couples there are raising children.
Florida Governor Rick Scott said that he remains opposed to gay adoption, but that he has no immediate plans to try to fight new state policy. Last year, the state’s law that kept gays and lesbians from being able to adopt was overturned. Scott reiterated that he thinks adoptions should only be by married couples.
This article appears in Jan 20-26, 2011.
