402399 06: Partners Kevin Burns (C) and Rob Flint (R) feed their 5-month-old adopted daughter Autumn Hope, while talking with friend Steve Brown (L) March 14, 2002 during a walk along Lincoln Road in Miami Beach, FL. Because of Floridas 1977 ban on gay adoption, the couple, who have been together for 17 years, established a residence in Vermont to be able to adopt. (Photo by David Friedman/Getty Images)