Comunicado del Procurador General de Florida sobre la decisión de no apelar en la causa Gill:
El Procurador General Bill McCollum emitió hoy el siguiente comunicado sobre la decisión de no apelar en la causa Gill. Este será el único comentario que esta oficina publique sobre esta cuestión.
“La constitucionalidad de la ley de Florida que prohíbe la adopción por homosexuales es una cuestión decisiva de gran interés público. Como tal, la determinación final es responsabilidad de la Corte Suprema de Florida y no de un tribunal de apelación inferior. Pero después de analizar si corresponde apelar ante la Corte Suprema en forma independiente para que revea la causa, luego de la decisión de nuestro cliente, el Departamento de Niños y Familias, de no apelar el fallo del Tribunal de Apelación del Tercer Distrito, queda claro que éste no es el caso adecuado para llevar a la Corte Suprema para su determinación. Es indudable de que algún día un caso más adecuado le dará a la Corte Suprema la oportunidad de confirmar la constitucionalidad de esta ley”.
La ACLU, organización que representó a Martin Gill, reaccionó con un comunicado de prensa en donde celebra la decisión del Procurador de Florida: "La decisión de McCollum termina con 33 años de discriminación por orientación sexual a través de esta ley".
"This law, by baselessly branding gay people unfit parents, was one of the most notorious anti-gay laws in the country, and we are delighted that it has been ended once and for all," said Leslie Cooper, a senior staff attorney with the ACLU LGBT Project, who argued the case before Florida's Third District Court of Appeal. "This victory means that the thousands of children in Florida who are waiting to be adopted will no longer be needlessly deprived of willing and able parents who can give them the love and support of a family."
"...the attorney general had the option to independently appeal and had indicated that he was exploring that option. With his announcement today, the law is officially dead."
"Because it was not appealed, the District Court of Appeal’s decision striking down the law has statewide effect. Gay people across the state are now free to apply to adopt and will be considered based on the same criteria applied to everyone else— their ability to provide a loving, safe home for a child."
Acá se puede ver un video en donde Gill relata cómo esta ley ha afectado a su familia.
El Blog Jurist hace una interesante recopilación de algunas decisiones en el tema de adopción homoparental:
In April, an Arkansas judge ruled that a state law prohibiting all unmarried couples from adopting violated the state constitution [JURIST report] because it effectively prevented same-sex couples from adopting or fostering children.
In February, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ordered [JURIST report] the state of Louisiana to place the names of two fathers on the birth certificate of a boy born in that state but adopted by a same-sex couple in New York.
Last November, a French court ruled that a law prohibiting same-sex couples from adopting children in France is discriminatory [JURIST report] and ordered that a single woman be allowed to adopt.
In November 2008, a Florida judge ruled that state's ban on same-sex adoption was unconstitutional [JURIST report].
In September, New York Governor David Paterson [official website] signed a bill [JURIST report] allowing unmarried partners, including gay couples, to jointly adopt a child.
In August, the UK Charity Commission [official website] ruled that a Catholic social services agency could not restrict its adoption services [JURIST report] to married heterosexual couples and that the discrimination violated Article 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights [text, PDF].
Also in August, the Supreme Court of Mexico [official website, in Spanish] upheld a Mexico City law [JURIST report] allowing adoptions by same-sex couples, determining that a ban would discriminate against same-sex couples and would violate the Mexican Constitution [text, PDF].
Last year, the Uruguayan Senate [official website, in Spanish] voted to approve a law [JURIST report] legalizing adoption by same sex couples.
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