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Mississippi ban on same-sex adoptions struck down
The state law against same-sex adoptions was the last of its kind in the United States.
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The state law against same-sex adoptions was the last of its kind in the United States.
JACKSON, Miss., April 1 (UPI) -- Mississippi must end its ban on adoptions by same-sex married couples, a federal judge ruled.
The ruling Thursday by U.S. District Court Judge Daniel P. Jordan III explicitly states the state law against the adoptions, the last of its kind in the United States, violates the equal protection clause of the U.S. Constitution.
In his ruling, Jordan cited Justice Anthony Kennedy's opinion in the landmark 2015 U.S. Supreme Court same-sex marriage case, Obergefell v. Hodges.
"Were the court to stay its hand to allow slower, case-by-case determination of the required availability of specific public benefits to same-sex couples, it still would deny gays and lesbians many rights and responsibilities intertwined with marriage."
Good riddance! :thumb: