Definitely important to read from the perspective of someone like yourself, who can speak from the experience of the adopted child. It's appalling that the criteria for adoption in FL has been centered on the issue of sexuality (since every other category/issue receives review, unlike gay/lesbian candidates, who are rejected outright).

I agree with you -- it's disheartening and discouraging. I think one approach that I'm trying to implement myself is donating more and more time to local/regional/state candidates, since so many of them are the ones that influence lower-court appointments, which in turn influence who makes it to the levels of high court nominees.