Independent Candidate For Virginia Governor Backs Gay Adoption By Partners

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Independent Russ Potts voiced unequivocal support Thursday for allowing cohabiting same-sex couples to adopt children, a stance that sharply distinguishes him from his two party rivals in this year's governor's race.

In a wide-ranging 90-minute interview with Associated Press reporters, Potts said he saw no reason law-abiding gay couples who can provide good homes for children without parents should be barred from doing so.

"We're all God's children," Potts said. "... I don't think that they ought to be precluded from adopting a child."

Democrat Tim Kaine opposes adoption by gay couples, citing present Virginia law that couples can't adopt unless they're married. Virginia law forbids same-sex marriage.

"I very much believe that the law in Virginia right now is the right law," Kaine said. "An unmarried straight couple can't adopt, a gay couple can't adopt, two sisters can't adopt, a mother and a daughter can't adopt a younger child. The only couple that can adopt is a married couple."

I'm personally sick of supporting right-wingers in the guise of "progressive." Supporting Kerry in order to oppose the Bush fascists is one thing, but supporting Dixiecrats is another.

We either vote for the dem in Kaine or Repuke Kilgore. So far they really do not sound all that different.