Court says same-sex married couples can be listed as father and mother on birth certificate
By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times - Monday, June 26, 2017
Arkansas cannot refuse to list both names of same-sex married parents on a baby’s birth certificate just because one of them is not a biological parent, the Supreme Court ruled Monday, in a decision that suggests the extent to which the justices will push their 2015 decision on same-sex marriage equality.
Arkansas had resisted, arguing that the birth certificate was a record of parentage for the child, rather than a document about the marriage.
But the high court rejected that argument, saying that in situations where a child is conceived from an anonymous sperm donor, the mother’s husband is still required to be listed. Denying that same accommodation to same-sex couples violates the 2015 Obergefell ruling that established a national right to same-sex marriages
“The State uses those certificates to give married parents a form of legal recognition that is not available to unmarried parents. Having made that choice, Arkansas may not, consistent with Obergefell, deny married same-sex couples that recognition,” the court said.
The justices’ decision reversed a state high court ruling.
New Justice Neil M. Gorsuch wrote a dissent saying he wouldn’t have been so quick to overturn the state court and invalidate the law, saying the state had reasons for wanting the biological parents to be listed on a birth certificate.
Justice Gorsuch said that at the very least, the high court should have given the case a more thorough hearing.
His dissent was joined by Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel A. Alito Jr.
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My comments: Before the Living God, there is no more corrupt Institution than the Supremely Evil Court. These Unelected Judges are at War with God and His Word and are Corrupting the entire America Culture in the process.
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