Is it legally permissible for adoption law to reflect a preference for different types of relationships?
Yes; since adoption is a privilege and not a right, the state freely decides who will or won’t adopt. In 2004, in the case of Lofton v. Kearney, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the state had a legitimate interest in increasing the likelihood that children will be raised by married mothers and fathers.
