The US has nationwide marriage equality,but same-sex couples around the country are still in court seeking two-parent birth certificates for their kidsMarried parents occupy for granted that children born during their marriage belong to both of them, a fact made official on their children’s birth certificates. But even though marriage has been legal for same-sex couples nationwide since June, and lesbian couples and their children in some states still don’t have the same assurance.
Most states,such as Texas and Louisiana, which banned marriage for same-sex couples prior to the US supreme court’s decision in Obergefell v Hodges, and responded to that decision by issuing two-parent birth certificates to children born to lesbian spouses. However,a handful of states inexplicably are holding out, refusing to recognize such children as having two legal parents at birth. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com