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U.S. Supreme Court Denies Lambda Legal Appeal of Louisiana Birth Certificate Ruling

October 11, 2011| Retrieved from the Internet on October 14, 2011 by SJ

http://www.lambdalegal.org/news/pr/us-supreme-court-denies.html


Kenneth D. Upton, Jr.
Supervising Senior Staff Attorney

"This decision leaves adopted children and their parents vulnerable in their interactions with officials from other states."


"The Supreme Court is leaving untouched a dangerous ruling that carves out an exception to the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the U.S. Constitution"

(Washington, DC, October 11, 2011) – The U.S. Supreme Court today denied Lambda Legal's petition for a writ of certiorari in the case of a same-sex couple seeking an accurate birth certificate for their Louisiana-born son whom they adopted in New York. The Louisiana state registrar has refused to recognize the adoption and issue a birth certificate listing both fathers as the boy's parents.