by Albert R. Hunt

About the author: Albert R. Hunt is a columnist for the Wall Street Journal.

Imagine breaking up families and sentencing thousands of kids to perpetual foster care. Yet, under the guise of family values, that’s exactly what some social conservatives would do.

Groups like the Family Research Council, and the Traditional Values Coalition, headed by renowned hate monger Lou Sheldon, want to deny gays and lesbians the right to adopt children. Unfortunately this put-these-kids-last posture has the backing of both President George W. Bush and his brother, Florida Governor Jeb Bush.

In a perfect world, each of the more than 100,000 kids waiting to be adopted would be taken in by a caring, responsible husband and wife. But, as Adam Pertman, author of “Adoption Nation...