The ACLU of Southern California denounced as cruel and politically motivated Governor Wilson's effort to stop unmarried couples from adopting children. The Governor has replaced the family values of love and caring with intolerance and prejudice.
Children deserve a family.
More than 25 percent of adopted children go to unmarried heterosexual couples or gay and lesbian couples. The Governor's proposal may jeopardize the chance of these children to live in a loving home. The ACLU believes that couples who want to adopt should and must be scrutinized. The decision to grant an adoption must be based on an individual or a couple's ability to provide a loving, stable home for a child, not on their marital status or sexual orientation. The report revealed that nearly 1.4 million California adults live in unmarried couple households.