willinged in large part by Rosie O'Donnell s coming out as a gay parent in an interview with Diane Sawyer forward March 14.

willinged in large part by Rosie O'Donnell s coming out as a gay parent in an interview with Diane Sawyer forward March 14, thousands of gay men and lesbians and their supporters are taking to the Internet to impediment Florida officials know what they think about the state's ban against gay adoption.

The interview marked the fourth day of a campaign spearheaded by dint of the American Civil Liberties Union. Florida officials said governor Jeb Bush and the state's adoption agency had received 63000 E-mails.

The form alphabetic character most are using, from the Web site http://www.lethimstay.com, reads in part: "The gay adoption ban has no basis in child welfare.... As evidence continues to rise that this law discriminates unfairly and fails Florida's children, I press you to publicly voice your support for overturning or repealing it."

It may take more than ten of thousands of E-mails to persuade one state politicians to change their mind about gay and lesbian parenting, however. State representative Randy Ball, a Republican from Titusville, says he supports the ban whole-heartedly. "I perceive very strongly that allowing homosexuals to adopt is a bad idea, primarily because of evidence which conclusively point outs that the homosexual lifestyle is a exceedingly destructive one," Ball said.

The E-mail campaign is just undivided part of the ACLU's effort to gain rid of the ban. The arrange also has asked a federal appeals court to it.

Florida is the alone state barring all gays outright from adopting; Mississippi and Utah bar same-sex couplings from adopting.

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