{"id":2111,"date":"2010-02-10T16:54:21","date_gmt":"2010-02-10T16:54:21","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2010-02-10T16:54:21","modified_gmt":"2010-02-10T16:54:21","slug":"adopted-son-of-gay-key-west-man-gets-state-subsidy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2010\/02\/adopted-son-of-gay-key-west-man-gets-state-subsidy\/","title":{"rendered":"Adopted son of gay Key West man gets state subsidy"},"content":{"rendered":"
Florida’s adoption ban was ignored again by fair-minded people with authority. State child welfare administrators agreed to provide health insurance, college tuition and other benefits to the adopted son of a gay Key West man.<\/p>\n
The Miami Herald<\/strong> reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n For more than a year, the Department of Children & Families had refused to provide the adoption subsidy to the adoptive son of Wayne LaRue Smith, a Key West lawyer whose request to adopt a boy he was raising in foster care was approved by a Monroe County judge in the fall of 2008.<\/p>\n On Tuesday, DCF lawyers did an about-face, agreeing in writing to provide the boy with subsidized college tuition, health insurance under the state’s Medicaid program, and other benefits typically provided to other children who are adopted from state care. Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n 9\/24\/2008<\/strong>
\n‘Nurturing, stable, and devoted’ gay dads lead Florida’s first gay adoption<\/strong><\/p>\n