Florida is gearing up for a fight over a “Marriage Protection Amendment” that looks likely to be on the November 2008 ballot. Supporters of the amendment say it is needed to “prevent children from being raised in homosexual families.” They might want to note some new statistics:
- 17% of same-sex couples in Florida are raising children under the age of 18.
- As of 2005, an estimated 17,010 of Florida’s children are living in households headed by same-sex couples.
- 1.2% of Florida’s adopted children (or 962 children) live with a lesbian or gay parent.
(Census Snapshot: Florida (PDF link), The Williams Institute, UCLA School of Law)
What’s next? Shipping over 17 thousand children elsewhere, crated up like oranges?