[bunkerhill7]

There is no such thing as a ``gay parent`` according to definitions in the dictionary:

from my 1887 Webster`s dictionary:

``parent n, [OF., fr.L. parens, -entis, fr. parere, to bring forth]

1. One who begets or brings forth offsspring; a father or a mother.``

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beget : 1. ,to procreate as the father : sire
2: to produce especially as an effect or outgrowth

source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beget

Are the courts redefining the word ``parent``?

``Gay parent`` ia a contradiction in terms, a falsehood because it does not fit the dictionary definitions.

[newzjunkey]

Look again at those definitions.

Your erroneous spin on the definition would mean adoptive sterile couples or even a couple which used in-vitro fertilization techniques cannot be called parents.

By the definition posted, if a male provided the sperm, he's a parent. If a woman provided the egg, she's a parent. Homosexuals are not commonly sterile and thus can be parents even under the definition you offer from 1887.