Comments on: Why Leaving Same-Sex Marriage to the States Won’t Work

By: Catherine Tucker

Catherine Tucker — Fri, 28 Jun 2013 17:55:46 +0000

In reply to Mrs. P..

Mrs. P:

These types of laws are going to have a disparate impact on the children of lesbian couples. Gay men typically will build their families either through joint adoption of a child or surrogacy, and thus they are likely to be working with an attorney who can help them take proactive steps to best protect their families from the outset. With lesbian couples, it’s quite common for no attorney to be involved as such couples don’t need to involve the court system, or attorneys, to become pregnant. Thus, children of lesbian couples are more likely to be at legal risk than children of gay male couples.

Catherine

By: Mrs. P.

Mrs. P. — Fri, 28 Jun 2013 15:02:41 +0000

Luckily for my dear sisters-in-law, we live in CT. When they start their family, my nieces and nephews will have both their mothers without legal concerns, AFAIK. But this article brings up a tremendous reason why we need a federal law granting marriage equality. If we as a society value our children, and recognize that protecting the family unit is best for kids, then we need to ensure all families are legally safe no matter how they are comprised.
As a proud straight ally, this shows a reason we all have a vested interest in LGBTQ equality. Thank you for writing this!

By: Lisa Miller

Lisa Miller — Fri, 28 Jun 2013 00:58:51 +0000

Thanks so much for pointing this out. I feel the celebration was a bit too early.