Spite is often considered to be the one action that truly distinguishes humans from the lower beasts: only we are foolish enough to hurt others even if it hurts us as much, or more. This isn’t technically true– swans are known to engage in spiteful behavior, and I think chimps got caught at it once or twice as well.
Still, it’s worth bearing in mind when you think of the fact that a 100-year-old adoption-oriented charity has shut down rather than comply with state anti-discrimination law.
See the Slate article on family law and gay parents for more detail on what it means to seek “the best interests of the children,” as the legal standard specifies we must do in these sorts of cases.
Secretly Ironic 