Court extends rights to gay mom (Indiana)

[hippiechick]

Right on ! Here in fundie-land, no less !! :)

http://www.indystar.com/articles/2/197917-1332-092.html

By Tim Evans
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November 27, 2004


When female partners in Indiana agree to conceive a child through artificial insemination, both partners are the legal parents, according to a groundbreaking decision this week by the Indiana Court of Appeals. The court also chided state lawmakers for being slow to deal with advances in reproductive technology, urging the legislature to address the "current social reality" of unconventional families.

"No (legitimate) reason exists to provide the children born to lesbian parents through the use of reproductive technology with less security and protection than that given to children born to heterosexual parents through artificial insemination," Judge Ezra H. Friedlander wrote in the ruling issued Wednesday.

"Our paramount concern should be with the effect of our laws on the reality of children's lives," according to the ruling, which was unanimous.

The appeals court overturned the ruling of Monroe Circuit Judge Kenneth G. Todd, who found Dawn King had no legal standing with the girl born to her former partner, Stephanie Benham, because King was not a biological parent. The child is 5 years old.


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[thinkingwoman]

1. Just when you think

we're the most backward*ss state in the nation, something like this happens.

Of course, now the new state gov't will spend the next 6 months making sure it never happens again rather than addressing the state's devastating financial situation.

Oh well.

[Chipper Chat]

3. Yes, we are a fundie-filled state...

but this summer when a proposed bill against gay marriage came up in our state legislature it was defeated! Of course Dems still control our House, but the defeat was still a pleasant shocker. Maybe Indiana is just "sensibly red?"

[blondeatlast]

2. Hey, who'd have thought a bus ride in Alabama would have changed

history?

This is wonderful news.