Lesbian Argues Ga. Gays Can't Adopt Kids
By GREG BLUESTEIN
Associated Press Writer
March 25, 2007

ATLANTA (AP) - Sara Wheeler's life has become a contradiction.
Once a proud lesbian, she's now a pariah in the gay community.

Once in a committed relationship with a female partner, she's rethinking her sexuality.
And now she's doing something she once would have considered unthinkable - arguing that gays don't have the legal right to adopt children.

Wheeler is coming to grips with the fact that she's become an outcast for taking this step in a custody fight for her child. But she says that isn't what her fight is about: "It's about motherly rights."

Wheeler, 36, and her partner, Missy, decided to start a family together and share the Wheeler last name. In 2000, Sara Wheeler gave birth to a son, Gavin, through artificial insemination. Two years later, they decided Missy Wheeler should adopt the child and legally become his second parent. the rest