Utah Governor Vetoes Anti-Gay Parenting Bill

[davidinalameda]

http://www.365gay.com/Newscon06/03/032206utah.htm

Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. has vetoed a bill that would prevent a court from awarding parental rights against the wishes of the biological or adoptive parent.

The legislation stemmed from a case that made international headlines in 2004 when a judge awarded visitation rights to the former lesbian partner of the child's birth mother who claims to have turned straight after "getting religion".

The case, Jones v Barlow, is now before the Utah Supreme Court.

Keri Lynn Jones and Cheryl Pike Barlow met in 2000 and were together about three years

[sinkingfeeling]

1. Wow, I'm impressed this guy's governor of Utah (reddest of red)!

[LilyLibber]

3. My sentiments exactly.

Good for the governor. This law would be a shitstorm waiting to happen on so many levels, not to mention its outright bigoted basis.

[Warpy]

2. What a stupid law that would have been

How many divorced couples never want to see each other after the split, to the point the custodial parent would prevent visitation if s/he could?

What an incredibly stupid, poorly thought out law that was, just to keep a "former lesbian" from visiting a kid she helped raise.

Kids are resilient enough to withstand a lot of religious rubbish in their early lives and "former" gays of both sexes often find the conversion is temporary, at best.