Chris Johnson reported Monday in the Washington Blade about a bill that would withhold federal funding from states that disallow gay adoption [PDF]:

The bill, introduced by Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA), would keep states with adoption policies that  discriminate against gay people from getting any federal child welfare funds:

States with explicit restrictions on adoption that the pending legislation would affect are Utah, Florida, Arkansas, Nebraska and Mississippi. Florida, for example, has a statute specifically prohibiting gays from adopting, and in Arkansas, voters last year approved Act 1, which prevents unmarried co-habitating couples, including same-sex partners, from adopting children.

The bill has no co-sponsors. Furthermore, until it gains more support in Congress, the Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest gay rights organization, won’t spend money to help it pass.

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