Ga. court tosses gay ban in bitter divorce case

GREG BLUESTEIN

Ledger-Enquirer

ATLANTA -- The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday tossed out a trial judge's order that banned children in a divorce case from having any contact with their father's gay and lesbian friends and partners, and added strong language calling the restriction an abuse of the judge's discretion.

The court's unanimous opinion, written by Justice Robert Benham, concluded that the Fayette County judge's order "flies in the face of our public policy that encourages divorced parents to participate in the raising of their children." It was applauded by gay rights advocates in Georgia who viewed the ruling as a commonsense answer to a decision they say was rooted in decades-old misconceptions about gays and lesbians.

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