The U.S. Supreme Court declined today to review a challenge by an Orlando-based national litigation group claiming The Florida Bar violated its First Amendment rights by authorizing an amicus brief in a controversial gay adoption case in state court.
In January, The Florida Bar board of governors agreed to allow its family law section to file the brief in support of a ruling by Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Cindy Lederman that struck down a 1977 state law prohibiting gays and lesbians from adopting children. The case is awaiting a decision from the 3rd District Court of Appeal, which heard arguments Aug. 26.
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