Arkansas Supreme Court halts birth certificates for same-sex partners

[WhiteTara]

http://news.yahoo.com/arkansas-supreme-court-halts-birth-certificates-same-sex-235525207.html

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Reuters) - The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday temporarily blocked a lower court order that allowed same-sex parents throughout the state to be listed as parents on the birth certificates of their children.

It let stand the certificates obtained by three lesbian couples who had challenged the Arkansas Health Department Vital Statistics Bureau's refusal to identify the three couples as the adoptive or biological parents of their respective children.

They won approval for their listing as parents in a narrow decision by Little Rock Circuit Judge Tim Fox. The same judge then issued another decision extending that recognition statewide.

The state appealed the decision that allowed same-sex couples statewide to be listed, saying it conflicted with Arkansas statutes and left birth registrars in legal limbo.

The state Supreme Court agreed and said that “the best course of action is to preserve the status quo with regard to the statutory provisions while we consider the circuit court's ruling.”


Our state government is filled with bigots.

[LiberalArkie]

1. It is now.

[WhiteTara]

3. Yes it is,sorry to say.

I still can't believe that the sweep was so broad and in every segment of government.

[Retrograde]

2. Punishing children for the deeds of their parents?(n/t)

[me b zola]

6. No, the parents are being denied equality under the law.

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Same sex couples should have the same rights as hetero couples. That said, it is discriminatory for adoptees to have facts removed from their legal certificate of birth to be replaced by lies. Adoptees should enjoy the same rights as the non-adopted and have their certificate of birth reflect the facts of their birth.

[TeddyR]

4. Arkansas' state government

Has the same problem as the state governments in Florida, Mississippi, Utah, Idaho, etc. You've got bigots in positions of power who want to deny rights to same-sex couples based solely on the bigots' personal opinion. And those bigots must not be permitted to use their personal opinions to deny rights to tens of thousands of people.

[WhiteTara]

5. Yep and it is really difficult

with so many apathetic citizens.