It is also refreshing to see a judge who is not willing to create new laws from the bench. He has done the right thing by putting the ball in the court of the state legislature. Laws must be written concerning gay marriage. There are a lot of issues to to consider like whether or not the married gay couples should be allowed to adopt children and how the taxes of the couples will be handled.

Once our state legislatures have sorted out the marriage issue I think that gay adoption is going to be next. This is an issue where I'm torn. On one hand there are thousands of children in need of a good home and the majority of these gay couples could undobtedly meet the emotional and fiscal responsiblities that come with a child. Where I see a problem happening is when the child gets a little older and starts to develop its own sexual identity.

We hear a lot of talk about how hard it is to grow up gay in a straight household, I cannot imagine how it would be to grow up straight in a gay household. And lets not forget junior high, as if any kid needs another reason to be made fun of there. Kids can be crule.

Maybe I'm wrong though, maybe it wouldn't even be an issue. I really haven't seen any convincing empirical data favoring gay adoption or against it. Not many children have been adopted by gay parents so any data that is out there is sketchy, at best.

I plan on supporting the gay marriage movement and will be encouraging my law makers to resolve this issue as soon as possible. Hopefully more information will make itself available regarding the adoption issue so that when the time comes to make a decision in that regard the right one is made.