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*Update* September 22, 2010 – Florida Appeals Court strikes down the ban on gay adoption. Read it here.

Dan Savage presents his viewpoint on the state of gay adoption in America today by reframing the argument.  The issue is not “gay parents vs. straight parents.”  The issue should be whether it is better for a child to have parents at all vs. having no parents.

Gay people are allowed to foster children but not adopt them in some states.

“Every child deserves a mother and father.  It would be nice wouldn’t it if it did work out that way. But it’s not gonna work out that way.”

“Why are they in foster care? Because their gay parent abandoned, neglected and abused them? No. Because their straight parents abandoned, neglected and abused them.”

“Gay people don’t have children by accident…Every child that’s been adopted by a gay and lesbian couple is a wanted child.”

I was invited to do a divorce podcast in conjunction with Avvo where I answered the following questions:

• You hear in the news about couples staying together simply because the cost of divorce is too high. What makes getting a divorce expensive?
• What are some costs that people don’t realize are involved with the process?
• Is divorce more or less expensive when kids are involved?
• What are some things couples can do to make divorce affordable?