Posted on 05/15/2010 2:08:13 AM PDT by GonzoII
Friday May 14, 2010Lesbian Couple Demands Listing as Child's Parents on Birth Certificate
By James Tillman Heather Gartner and Melissa Gartner filed the lawsuit last Friday on behalf of the infant Mackenzie, who was born last September, with the assistance of the "gay rights" organization Lambda Legal. Prior to the 2009 legalization of gay marriage in Iowa, Heather and Melissa Gartner had raised a son to whom one of them had given birth; at that time, one of them went through the process of legally adopting the boy. Later, the couple "married" and filed the paperwork for both to be listed as parents on the newly-born Mackenzie's birth certificate. However, the Iowa Department of Heath refused and listed only the biological mother, since Mackenzie is not biologically related to Melissa Gartner, and because Gartner had not adopted her. This refusal was grounded in the belief that the registration of births in Iowa recognizes the biological roles of mother and father. It is a biological impossibility for a woman to be a biological father of a child, yet Plaintiffs contend that in all cases of children born to lesbian couples the non-birthing spouse should be entered on the birth certificate as the father with no notice provided to the biological father," Newton said in a statement. "While these Plaintiffs may have conceived using an anonymous sperm donor, clearly not all lesbian couples conceive in that manner, and the legal rights and duties of these biological fathers and their children remain in limbo unless an adoption has occurred." "The purpose of spousal presumption of legitimacy--and Iowas birth certificate which reflects the presumption--has always been to protect children from the historic stigma of what was termed illegitimacy or bastardy,'" she said. Taylor continued, stating that Iowa's rules "are not about determining genetic parentage, but are about protecting children and their relationships to two people--the spouses, who are most likely to be the people the child considers to be parents. Taylor also argues that Iowa "stands alone" in its current position. The suit filed by Melissa and Heather Gartner argues that the process of adoption is "expensive, intrusive, and laborious." The lawsuit was names as defendants both Tom Newton and Jill France, bureau chief of vital records. |
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Anyone who didn’t know this legal SH!TSTORM was coming is clearly a fool.
This is one of the reasons taht I’m against this whole gay-marriage thing. It leads, immediately, to lying about reality and changing, permanently, the very definition of WORDS. It is inherently satantic.
see my earlier post about the danger of changing the definition of words.
It is change. Change away from the hated victorian suppression of all that restrains and is fun.
It is the time to do absolutely as you please. (except don’t maim progressives)
YES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Exactly my point. It’s about making up new definitions of words, and re-constructing how one is allowed to talk about reality. Very, very, scary. And must be stopped.
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So we see that “marriage” really isn’t the ultimate goal of the homo-fascists; they couldn’t really care less about the institution, they just want the right to alter and create their own reality and impose it on society.
Ya, I was going to say, it’s biologically impossible for both girls to be biological parents of the baby.
If Lambda Legal and gay activists would take a deep breath and slow down, they could look into 2nd parent adoption or other legal status for the lesbian who didn’t give birth in cases like this.
Instead, they want to shove it down everyone’s throat.
In Cases like this , turkey baster kids, the father is usually a mystery or some fag they picked up to make a donation.
So why should these gals, if they want to be treated "the same"?
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