IN RE ADOPTION OF LUKE

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amy A. Miller, Omaha, of American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Nebraska, for appellants.

Don Stenberg, Attorney General, and L. Steven Grasz, Lincoln, for appellee.

David S. Buckel, Adam L. Aronson, Patricia M. Logue, and Susan Sommer, of Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., Robert F. Bartle, of Bartle & Geier, Lincoln, and G. Michael Fenner, Omaha, for amicus curiae Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund.

Siegfried H. Brauer, of Brauer Law Office, Kearney, for amicus curiae Family Research Institute.

James D. McFarland, Lincoln, of McFarland Law Office, for amicus curiae Nonpartisan Family Coalition.

W. Craig Howell, of Domina Law, Omaha, and Nory Miller and Nichole G. Berner, of Jenner & Block, L.L.C., for amici curiae American Psychological Association et al.

Susan Ann Koenig, of Law Office of Susan Ann Koenig, P.C., L.L.O., for amici curiae The Alliance for Children's Rights et al.

David T. Bydalek, Lincoln, for amicus curiae Family First.

Rocky C. Weber, of Crosby Guenzel, L.L.P., Lincoln, and Robert J. Muise, of Thomas More Law Center, for amicus curiae The Nebraska Catholic Conference.

HENDRY, C.J., CONNOLLY, GERRARD, STEPHAN, McCORMACK, and MILLER-LERMAN, JJ., and INBODY, Judge.