FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The number of gays and lesbians adopting children has nearly tripled in the past decade despite discriminatory rules in many states, according to a recent population trend analysis.
“It’s a stratospheric increase,” said Miami attorney Elizabeth Schwartz who has coordinated more than 100 adoptions for gay and lesbian families in the past year. “I think many really dreamed of doing this but it wasn’t something they ever thought would become a reality.”
 
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