http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/06/29/finally-some-judicial-common-sense-and-sound-reasoning-on-what-qualifies-one-as-a-parent/ An intellectual climate favorable to marriage Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:17:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/06/29/finally-some-judicial-common-sense-and-sound-reasoning-on-what-qualifies-one-as-a-parent/#comment-3270 Heidi Sun, 04 Jul 2010 05:30:43 +0000 http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=2935#comment-3270 Eek. That kind of decision entirely ignores the best interests of the children involved. Shame on the court for ignoring the parent-child relationship that exists between this mother and her children. And shame on the mother with legal rights to the children for denying the fact that these kids have two parents, regardless of legality. Of course, we don't know what the "incident" is to which the article refers, and perhaps that is reason for the non-adoptive parent to not be involved with the kids, but it still does not provide a good basis for bad law. Eek. That kind of decision entirely ignores the best interests of the children involved. Shame on the court for ignoring the parent-child relationship that exists between this mother and her children. And shame on the mother with legal rights to the children for denying the fact that these kids have two parents, regardless of legality. Of course, we don’t know what the “incident” is to which the article refers, and perhaps that is reason for the non-adoptive parent to not be involved with the kids, but it still does not provide a good basis for bad law.

]]> http://www.ruthblog.org/2010/06/29/finally-some-judicial-common-sense-and-sound-reasoning-on-what-qualifies-one-as-a-parent/#comment-3158 Big Wig Wed, 30 Jun 2010 02:26:22 +0000 http://www.ruthblog.org/?p=2935#comment-3158 One issue this case raises is why can't 2 moms parent as well as 1 Mom and 1 Dad. Or for that matter, 3 or 4 moms! Why limit adoption to just 2!? One issue this case raises is why can’t 2 moms parent as well as 1 Mom and 1 Dad. Or for that matter, 3 or 4 moms! Why limit adoption to just 2!?

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