VA PROPOSAL WOULD BAR GAYS FROM ADOPTING: From the Washington Times

[Note that this would not be a marital-preference law, but a ban. Ugh. --Eve]

Lawmakers will consider a bill that would forbid homosexuals from adopting children.

Delegate Richard H. Black has proposed a bill that would add new criteria for adoption reports filed with the circuit court. The Loudoun County Republican's bill amends the state's adoption law by adding a phrase that states: "No person under this statute may adopt if that person is a homosexual."

Current law permits any person or married couple residing in the state to petition to adopt.

Herb Lux, Mr. Black's legislative assistant, said the measure would require investigators during the screening process to ask an adoption candidate whether he or she is a homosexual.

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