The last remaining U.S. ban on adoptions by same-sex couples could soon be overturned

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Mississippi is the only state in the nation with a law banning same-sex couples from adopting, but given the Supreme Court's recent ruling in favor of same-sex marriage, that could soon change. Civil rights lawyers filed suit in federal court on Wednesday challenging the law, and according to legal experts, it is "highly unlikely" that the 2000 Mississippi law could hold up in court.

"In the federal courts, I'm pretty confident Obergefell will be construed broadly," Ronald Krotoszynski, a constitutional law professor at the University of Alabama, told The New York Times. "I think it would be hard to draw a principled distinction between marriage and adoption, so it shouldn't be a hard case."

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