Call to Action in Kentucky!

From, of all place, the HRC:

On February 5, a terrible bill was filed in the State Senate that would prohibit adoption or foster parenting by any individual "cohabiting with a sexual partner outside of a marriage that is legally valid in Kentucky." This mean-spirited bill (SB 68) is aimed directly at the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and must be stopped.

This bill works against the best interest of children who deserve loving homes. The state of Kentucky should not deny qualified applicants when there are over 7,000 children in need of permanent homes.

We talked about this last night -- the whole gay adoption thing and the sinfully ugly man known as State Senator Gary Tapp. The Fairness Alliance is organizing a rally and lobby day on the 25th:

****Fairness Rally and Lobby Day in Frankfort***

Wednesday, February 25

8:30 a.m: Meeting and Lobby Training in Capitol Annex 111

9 a.m.- noon: Meet with your legislators

12:30 - 1:30 p.m: Fairness Rally

Capitol Building
700 Capitol Ave.
Frankfort, KY 40601

We cannot let unequal protections for our families perpetuate any further, especially when this inequality hits so close to home.

For more information, please contact fairness@fairness.org.

(Thanks to IMPACT Cincinnati for the information.)

Kentucky Trying to Ban Gay Adoption

I am so over the anti-gay adoption thing. Outside of Florida, has this worked anywhere? (Right, well, Arkansas... but I'm still blaming Huckabee on that.) Even the Florida thing is going away, I think, shortly.

From Pink News:

A state Senator in Kentucky has introduced a bill that will ban unmarried couples from adoption.

Human rights group The Fairness Campaign called Senator Gary Tapp’s bill "deceptively-worded."

"It is identical to a measure recently passed in Arkansas that prohibits adoption or foster care by an applicant 'cohabiting with a sexual partner outside of a marriage that is legally valid in Kentucky'," the group said.

"The language of the bill renders not just same-gender couples unfit to parent, but countless heterosexual couples that could serve as "next of kin" placement for children in need.

"The state would be forced to provide millions in additional foster care, an irresponsible burden to add to the Commonwealth's economic crisis."

And, yes, kids, that is a picture of State Senator Gary Tapp above. Sad, isn't it?

Jeez. Let's just kill this one soon. Go to the Fairness Campaign to find out how.