First, the good news. Israel's Supreme Court ruled 7-2 in a case involving a lesbian couple that each partner may legally adopt the other's children. The couple have three children through in vitro fertilization. From the decision:
"The need to provide the children and the family unit in which they are growing up a legal framework, fits the court's obligation to create social norms and stand strongly against the intolerance of parts of society toward those who are different," said Justice Saviona Rotlevi, writing for the majority.
Now for the bad news (maybe). The United States Supreme Court declined without comment an appeal challenging Florida's blanket bank on adoption by gay men and lesbians. Previously a 3-judge panel (including controversial Bush recess appointee Judge William Pryor) on the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the ban, and the full Court of Appeals declined to review the panel decision.
So the ban remains in place in Florida. However, I would say that I'd rather have the Supreme Court hold off for a while and perhaps improve the chances of success for those challenging the ban than to have the Supreme Court hear the case and likely issue an opinion supporting the current Florida law.