Campbell Soup Supports All American Families – Even Ours!

This is a fantabulous married lesbian couple Lea Forant and Carolyn Montgomery.  They have a child together and they star in a new Campbell Soup Company ad.  So first things first!  Thanks to this great American couple for sharing your family with the rest of the world . . . such a cute family.

TO DO LIST FOR YOU:

Send an email to Campbell Soup Company President Douglas Conant. Thank him and tell him you want his company to continue to support American families, including those folks in families headed by 2 moms or 2 dads.  Our inspiration for supporting Campbell’s?   The wack-jobs at the American Family Association. Thanks, you cute wacky far-right-wing-nut-jobs! 

In the December, 2008 and January, 2009 issues, Campbell Soup Company bought two, two-page advertisements in the latest issues of the nation’s largest homosexual magazine, “The Advocate.” The ads promote their Swanson line of broth.  In one of the December ads, the Campbell Soup Company highlighted the lives of two lesbians with their son. The others feature New York City chefs. See the ads here.

Campbell Soup Company has openly begun supporting all American families by showing that even those families headed by 2 moms and 2 dads have everyday concerns – like buying good soup. Not only did the ads cost Campbell’s a chunk of money, but they also sent a message that homosexual parents and their children constitute a deserving family and are worthy of support. They also gave their approval to the entire population of nice people.

TAKE ACTION

Send an email to Campbell Soup Company President Douglas Conant. Thank him for supporting all American families, even those headed by 2 moms or 2 dads.

• After sending your email, please call Campbell Soup Company (800-257-8443) and their Swanson division (1-800-442-7684) and ask the company to continue to support all families.
• Forward this e-mail to your friends and family so they will know about Campbell’s support of all American families.

Florida State Court Says Gay Adoption Ban Unconstitutional

A Circuit Court Judge in Florida has ruled that an openly gay man can adopt a boy with special needs he has been fostering for the past seven years.

The state is currently the only state in the US that explicitly bans gay people from adopting.  

The judge said that as the 31-year-old law singles out a group for exclusion it is “unconstitutional,” reported the Miami Herald.

Mississippi and Michigan have explicit policies banning same-sex couples from adopting, while the legal situation is unclear in many other states.

Single gay or lesbian people and same-sex couples are banned from adopting in Florida.

There are no specific restrictions on single gays adopting in any other state. Arkansas will vote on a ban in November.

Monroe County Circuit Judge David J. Audlin Jr. said the Florida law forbidding gay people from adopting children is contrary to the state Constitution because it singles out a group for punishment.

His ruling also calls the law “contrary to every child welfare principle.”

Miami attorney Alan Mishael, who represents the boy’s guardian, said the ruling is less about public policy than the welfare of a former foster child who wants a father of his own.

“This is a case about a young man who already had a permanent guardian but wanted to have a father,” Mishael told the Miami Herald. “That’s what the case is about. That’s all it’s about.”

Audlin appointed the foster father as guardian for the boy in 2006. At a recent hearing, the boy testified he wanted the man to be his ”forever father” — like all the other kids had — ”because I love him,” the order says.

A home study by a social worker ”highly” recommended the guardian and his partner be allowed to adopt the boy, saying the two men provided a ”loving and nurturing home,” provided ”fair and consistent” discipline and are financially secure, the order says.

The Republican nominee for President of the United States declared his opposition to gay adoption in an interview in The New York Times last month.

Senator John McCain said:

“I think that we’ve proven that both parents are important in the success of a family so, no, I don’t believe in gay adoption.”

Democratic party nominee Barack Obama has pledged to work towards the elimination of discrimination against LGBT families if elected.

Source: Circuit Court rules against Florida’s ban on gay adoptions | Miami Herald