
CONTACTAbout UsCAREER OPPORTUNITIESADVERTISE WITH USPRIVACY POLICYPRIVACY PREFERENCESTERMS OF USELEGAL NOTICE
© 2025 Pride Publishing Inc.
All Rights reserved
All Rights reserved
By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Private Policy and Terms of Use.
Federal appeals court judges will consider on Wednesday the question of whether Louisiana must put both parents' names on the birth certificates of children adopted by same-sex couples.
The Associated Press reports on the case, which stems from the adoption of a boy from Shreveport in 2005 by Oren Adar and Mickey Ray Smith of San Diego, who adopted their son in New York state. A three-judge panel and a district judge have ruled that both men's names must appear on the birth certificate, but Louisiana maintains that it would violate the state's vital records laws.
"Adopted children get new birth certificates with their new parents' names on them," reports the AP. "But the state Attorney General's Office contends that Louisiana's registrar cannot put both Adar's and Smith's names on their son's birth certificate because they could not have adopted him together in Louisiana."
The AP continued, "U.S. District Judge Jay Zainey found that the law was so clear that no trial was needed. Louisiana's law requires the state to list adoptive parents' names. Because New York law allows adoption by unmarried couples, Louisiana had to follow that law in writing the new certificate, he wrote. A three-judge panel of the 5th Circuit upheld that decision last February. The state asked for a rehearing before the full court."
Last year, a Louisiana state senator from Shreveport proposed a bill that would have made it illegal for birth certificates to include names of people not allowed to adopt together in the state. He pulled the bill after members of a senate judiciary committee questioned the effort to change a law being challenged in court.
From our Sponsors
Most Popular
31 Period Films of Lesbians and Bi Women in Love That Will Take You Back
December 09 2024 1:00 PM
18 of the most batsh*t things N.C. Republican governor candidate Mark Robinson has said
October 30 2024 11:06 AM
True
After 20 years, and after tonight, Obama will no longer be the Democrats' top star
August 20 2024 12:28 PM
Trump ally Laura Loomer goes after Lindsey Graham: ‘We all know you’re gay’
September 13 2024 2:28 PM
Melania Trump cashed six-figure check to speak to gay Republicans at Mar-a-Lago
August 16 2024 5:57 PM
These 13 major companies caved to the far right and stopped DEI programs
January 24 2025 1:11 PM
True
Latest Stories
Lawsuit challenges Trump's executive order targeting gender-affirming care
February 04 2025 7:58 PM
Fearless + Fighting Back: Lambda Legal’s plan to protect LGBTQ+ and HIV rights
February 04 2025 6:04 PM
e.l.f. Beauty CEO defends DEI: 'Our diversity is a key competitive advantage'
February 04 2025 5:19 PM
Trump moves to abolish Education Department amid push against 'wokeness'
February 04 2025 2:50 PM
Donald Trump's DOT will prioritize areas with higher 'marriage and birth rates'
February 04 2025 1:42 PM
Kim Davis is back in court because she doesn't want to pay a gay couple
February 04 2025 12:27 PM
Amber Ruffin to headline 2025 White House Correspondents’ Dinner. But, will Trump attend?
February 04 2025 11:49 AM
Transgender author Jennifer Finney Boylan: The fight is not over
February 04 2025 11:24 AM
Rep. Sarah McBride denounces Donald Trump’s ongoing attacks on transgender people
February 04 2025 11:19 AM