what the anti-gay groups are saying about adoption

for those who thought the fight for gay marriage was not your fight, read below and think agian. From: Geoffrey Kors, EQCA Executive Director [email@...] Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2004 1:57 PM To: Jennifer Sookne-Mizell Subject: Update No. 3 on Marriage Lawsuit Live Update No. 3 from Hearing on Constitutionality of California Marriage Law December 23, 2004 1:00 p.m. Dear Jennifer , The hearing on the challenge to California's discriminatory marriage laws brought by 12 couples, Equality California and Our Families Coalition continued this morning. Attorneys for anti-gay organizations argued that the state should exclude lesbians and gay men from marriage to promote "the ideal family", arguing that families in which children are raised by parents other than their biological parents are "less than ideal." "The anti-gay groups reached a new low today when they condemned all children whose parents use adoption or reproductive technology to create stable, loving families, regardless of their sexual orientation, as `less than ideal,'" said Kate Kendell, Esq., Executive Director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights. "Such remarks reveal how extreme these groups are, and how out of touch they are with established family law in California. The majority of parents who use reproductive technology or who adopt children in California are heterosexual. To label these families as "less than ideal" and claim that children raised by non-biological parents are somehow inferior in an effort to smear families headed by same-sex couples is outrageous and cruel." The Attorney General's lawyer maintained that tradition provides sufficient reason to allow marriage discrimination to continue in California despite conceding that lesbian and gay couples are in relationships that are as stable, loving and committed as those of heterosexual couples. "If tradition alone was sufficient justification for allowing discriminatory laws to remain on the books, we would still have a ban on interracial marriage, prohibit divorce and consider wives to be the property of their husbands," said Geoffrey Kors, Executive Director of Equality California, an organization plaintiff in the lawsuit. Legal briefs and other information about the California marriage equality cases are available at The hearing is expected to conclude this afternoon. We will continue to keep you updated. Thank you for your continued support. Warmly, Geoffrey Kors Executive Director i have an email in to kate kendell, i want to know Exactly what groups are calling MY family and children "less than ideal". i'll let ya know what i find out.