Court Opinion

ID: 9415823
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-02 19:10:49.221567+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:18:35.649417
License: Public Domain

MARCUS, Circuit Judge,
Dissenting from the Denial of Rehearing En Banc in which TJOFLAT and WILSON, Circuit Judges, join:
I believe there is a serious and substantial question whether Florida can constitutionally declare all homosexuals ineligible to adopt while, at the same time, allowing them to become permanent foster parents, and not categorically barring any other groups such as convicted felons or drug addicts from adopting. There is undeniably an important question whether this statutory scheme meets a minimal standard of rational basis review. Accordingly, I dissent from the denial of rehearing en banc.