Wow...I’m gobsmacked.
You actually think this ruling is correct???
Amazing. It may have followed some weird sort of “contract” but how on Earth can it be right? The lesbian wasn’t the child’s mother, instead she was just someone the birth mother had sex with, and the court is taking the baby from the birth mother, giving it to the sex partner, and you think that’s just??
I would have loved to have seen your commentary before Solomon regarding the baby and the two women:
“Your Honor, section 15(a) subsection (d) of the Mosaic law demands that we disregard the birth mother’s wish to keep the baby safe, therefore we must sever the child in two and give each separate part to each of the two women, thus keeping the contract intact.”
Yikes, I can’t even wrap my head around your bizarre comment.
The baby belongs with her birth mother, not the sex partner, regardless of some bizarre “contract.”
Ed
Apparently, you are a liberal as you only want the court to follow the laws that you agree with it. You and Barbara Boxer and Chuck Schumer would get along great.
Conservative-minded judges follow the law. Progressive judges make it up as they go along.
What part of "she entered into a civil union - a legally binding contract - of her own free will" don't you understand. She entered into an agreement with this woman.
It's not the court's prerogative or place to determine if it was a good thing, or a moral decision to enter into such a contract. But, it is the court's obligation to determine the enforceability of such an agreement. The precedent is clear for both the VT judge who initially granted visitation rights to the lesbian partner, and for the VA who followed the appropriate US Federal Law on interstate custody agreements.
Once again, you wish to have the court IGNORE the law to reach a conclusion that you believe to be fair and just. You may not think you're a liberal, but THAT is a liberal argument for their kind of legal system.