Timothy Kincaid of Box Turtle Bulletin tells the story of a lesbian couple who brought a case before a district court in Michigan asking to adopt each other's children. I believe (contrary to the article) state law is silent on the matter but state adoption courts do not permit both members of a same sex couple to adopt. At any rate, they can't do it.
The judge told them to refile their petition to add a challenge to the state same sex marriage ban because "that's the bottom line."
In a comment Kincaid adds that this case has a unique twist. Our opponents like to trumpet that gay marriage and gay adoption are not good for kids. But is that true for these kids? There are three kids in this family. One was born to a 19-year-old woman, another to a drug-addicted prostitute who abandoned the child. What would happen to these kids of the lesbian couple didn't adopt them? How does the lack of joint adoption and lack of marriage affect them now?
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