9th Circuit Court of Appeals: Still looney after all these years

[lucrezaborgia]

(02-10-2012 02:46 PM)myotch Wrote:  There are cases where the pregnant woman gives parental rights to her lesbian partner, only to later recognize she is not gay and dissolves the relationship. Who has the greater rights? The lady who wants nothing more to do with homosexuality, or the lady who was given adopted rights?

"Same rights as married hetero's is quite necessary" doesn't quite cut it when one's religious or speech rights in her own home is compromised by a former agreement made in a different mental state. What's needed isn't the same protections as heterosexual couples, but a totally different set of protections that are not so binding on married heteros.

I know the exact case you are referring to. No one was forcing the child to be homosexual or for the former partner to be homosexual. Vermont was simply following their own established laws. On the flip-side, I don't think this is common for homosexual relationships. I find it amusing that you consider it a "different mental state" instead of a woman who is obviously being used as a pawn in the ex-gay movement.

Now, since you know custody law, you know how fickle courts can be. Here is a similar hetero example:

I have a kid with someone who is devoutly religious. I decide to leave them but now he wants our child to follow his religion and I think his religion is a cult...who has the greater right to decide which religion the child is raised in? Religious issues aren't uncommon in divorce. The best answer I can give you is hope and pray the court makes the right decision in the best interest of the child.

edited to add:

Quote:Societies that recognize homosexual relationships, where given the same recognition as heterosexual marriage, are few and short-lived, small footnotes in the history of civilization.

That's a pathetic reason to deny it now.