Sometimes there are happy endings. The ACLU reports:
After almost three months, a seven-year-old girl has been reunited with the woman in whose care she’d thrived for almost a year before being sent to live in a crowded foster home. The child had been held in foster care by the Wilkinson County Division of Family and Children Services (DFCS) since February 20, when a judge took her away from her home after he learned that she was being raised by a lesbian. . . .
Although Emma’s biological mother told the court that she wished for the child to be raised and adopted by Hadaway, Wilkinson County Superior Court Judge John Lee Parrott ordered that the child be taken away from her home when he learned that Hadaway is a lesbian. DFCS agreed that the biological mother’s wishes should be honored, and Emma was reunited with Elizabeth on Friday.
Of course, this is not only an end to a tragic case, but also a new beginning for Emma and Elizabeth. My thoughts go out to Emma as she readjusts to life with her mother and tries to process the past three months. I wish them peace and healing.
(Hat tip, PageOneQ.)