Birth certificates latest battleground in Florida’s gay marriage fight

[DonViejo]

Source: Reuters

REUTERS
13 AUG 2015 AT 14:00 ET

Eights months after Florida’s gay marriage ban was declared unconstitutional, the state is not allowing hospitals to list both same-sex parents on their babies’ birth certificates, according to a federal lawsuit recently filed by three gay couples.

Earlier this month the first same-sex couple to be married in Florida, Cathy Pareto and Karla Arguello, discovered the hospital would not include the non-birth mother’s name on the birth certificate for their twins.

The lawsuit says the Florida Bureau of Vital Statistics violates the U.S. Constitution by issuing “a certificate that falsely indicates that the child has only one parent.” In August 2014 Florida Judge Robert L. Hinkle struck down Florida’s same-sex marriage ban. Then, in June the U.S. Supreme Court issued a nationwide ruling that state marriage bans are unconstitutional.

The Florida Department of Health, which handles birth certificates, said it was aware of the lawsuit but did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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[pennylane100]

1. Unfortunately, there is no cure for stupid.

They will have to get their hands slapped by the courts again

[CincyDem]

2. Even if Florida state knows it is going to lose...

...I think they view this as a day by day win. If they can deny just one couple the benefits, then it's worth it.

There's the story about the grandpa and the grandson walking on the beach covered in starfish. Every 2-3 steps, grandpa bends over to pick up a starfish and toss it back into the ocean. Grandson asks - why bother, you can't save them all. Grandpa says - yeah...but I saved that one.

Florida can't stop this but, in their f'ed up logic, they're saving that one.

What screw-ups.

[knightmaar]

3. Pure belligerence

Knowing that they've lost the gay marriage fight, these people think they can possibly win the birth certificate fight? What next, the adoption fight? The being-informed-your-spouse-is-dying fight? The next-of-kin fight?

Will every single battle relating to gay marriage have to be fought all the way to the Supreme Court?

[left-of-center2012]

4. The Florida Department of Health, which handles birth certificates, said it was aware of the lawsuit

I thought "ignorance of the law" is not an acceptable excuse?

[JCMach1]

5. For fuck sake...

Seriously...