5th Circuit: La. must put 2 dads' names on record

AP via SFGate ^ | 2/18/10

[SmithL]

New Orleans, LA (AP) -- The federal appeals court in New Orleans says Louisiana must put both fathers' names on the birth certificate of a boy adopted by a same-sex couple.

[IrishCatholic]

The poor kid’s screwed.

[La Lydia]

Poor kid. And so much for reality, truth and the veracity of official documents.

[trumandogz]

And the 5th Circuit is a Conservative Court.

[AppyPappy]

Who’s the momma?

[oneamericanvoice]

Uh...it’s a Birth Certificate sooooo the only name should be of the biological father. Seems simple to me. Poor kid. This isn’t about registering a kid a school. It seems to be about the gay agenda. Some people sure have issues.

[Antoninus]

Child abuse. No other term for it.

[massgopguy]

This is a NEW birth certificate! Hope the kid doesn’t have any genetic problems that he would need the knowledge of from his REAL parents.

[darkangel82]

Serious abuse. This needs to go to SCOTUS.

[PilotDave]

So, we have to enter an impossiblility on a official gov doc to satify the gay/lesbo/trans pc police. Can’t make up this stuff.....

[darkangel82]

Totally FUBAR(F*cked Up Beyond All Repair).

[NeoCaveman]

And the 5th Circuit is a Conservative Court.

It was a three judge panel on the 5th Circuit.

[null and void]

I wonder if something like this is the reason a certain occupant of the White House is holding back his(?) birth certificate.

[TheZMan]

R = recognition :)

[darkangel82]

It could be either, and both apply here.

[byteback]

[BuckeyeTexan]

I cannot believe the 5th circuit made this decision. I’m disgusted that a sovereign state is being forced to seal an original vital record and amend it to reflect the sanctioning of an adoption that is against the laws of that sovereign state.

This is a case that should go all the way to the SCOTUS on 10th Amendment grounds.

Fight like hell, Louisiana!

[BuckeyeTexan]

This isn?t about registering a kid a school. It seems to be about the gay agenda.

It dang sure is an agenda. The NY court that allowed this adoption should be forced to issue an amended BC not the State of LA. And really it shouldn't be a BC because two men cannot give birth to a child. These men have legal adoption records that reflect their legal status as guardians of this child. THAT IS SUFFICIENT!

[a fool in paradise]

Both names. The birth father and the adoptive father? Or the adoptive father and his boyfriend?

[a fool in paradise]

Better hope he never runs for president or else he’s going to have difficulty explaining his reluctance to sharing his BC.