At a meeting of the state's largest gay rights group, State CFO democrat in the governor's race Alex Sink came out in support of gay adoption.
"As a mom I think it has to go by every individual case and no one or one individual ought to be automatically discriminated against. The judge should go by what is best for the child," Sink said.
She said she is following legislation to end that ban but did not make promises about signing it. Florida is the only state in the nation with an outright ban on gay adoption.
It puts her main opponent, Attorney General Bill McCollum, on the spot because his office is currently defending that law.
"It is not a question of the issue of gay adoption. It is a question of the case and its merit's," McCollum said they made a decision about defending a state law and that is not necessarily his stance on the issue.
Despite not taking an official position he has been support of gay rights in the past, including vote to include them in hate crimes legislation while in congress. Both candidates allow their employees sick leave to care for same sex partners.