Same-Sex Adoption Case Before W.Va. Supreme Court

The Associated Press offers a preview of arguments scheduled before the state Supreme Court, over "whether a foster baby would be better off adopted by a husband and wife or the same-sex couple who have cared for her since birth."

Kathryn Kutil and Cheryl Hess "are challenging a November ruling by Fayette County Circuit Judge Paul Blake to place the now 15-month-old girl under the care of a heterosexual couple who might adopt her," AP explains.

As the court's docket listing for the case shows, the dispute has attracted "friend of the court" briefs from the Family Policy Council of West Virginia, the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Association of Social Workers, among others.

Update: AP covered the hearing, as did The Charleston Gazette and MetroNews (with audio).