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Battle over same-sex status on birth certificates in Texas and Arkansas
Source: Reuters
US | Fri Aug 14, 2015 7:43pm EDT
Battle over same-sex status on birth certificates in Texas and Arkansas
AUSTIN, TEXAS/LITTLE ROCK, ARK. | BY JON HERSKOVITZ AND STEVE BARNES
Two states that had blocked gay marriage are in legal battles over granting parenthood status to same-sex couples: Arkansas is trying to throw out a suit from couples seeking the status and Texas is saying it does not have forms ready.
The cases come as states that had barred same-sex marriage grapple with changes brought by the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in June that made gay marriage legal in the United States.
Three Arkansas same-sex couples have sued the state Health Department for refusing to record both partners as parents on birth certificates of the children they are raising.
The state this week asked a trial judge to dismiss the case, arguing the issue is subject to formal adoptive status granted by a court and that marriage does not convey parental status.
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Battle over same-sex status on birth certificates in Texas and Arkansas
AUSTIN, TEXAS/LITTLE ROCK, ARK. | BY JON HERSKOVITZ AND STEVE BARNES
Two states that had blocked gay marriage are in legal battles over granting parenthood status to same-sex couples: Arkansas is trying to throw out a suit from couples seeking the status and Texas is saying it does not have forms ready.
The cases come as states that had barred same-sex marriage grapple with changes brought by the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in June that made gay marriage legal in the United States.
Three Arkansas same-sex couples have sued the state Health Department for refusing to record both partners as parents on birth certificates of the children they are raising.
The state this week asked a trial judge to dismiss the case, arguing the issue is subject to formal adoptive status granted by a court and that marriage does not convey parental status.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/14/us-usa-gaymarriage-certificates-idUSKCN0QJ2F620150814
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