But we'd have to revise 20 forms!

A few days ago I posted that Texas set a record of 20 new anti-gay bills in any state legislature this year. I didn't know then that there was also a record set for the number of pro-gay bills introduced in the Texas legislature. I don't know the count, but I doubt it is 20. I also doubt any of them will pass.

Even so, one of them got a hearing this past Wednesday. It is a bill that allows both same-sex parents to have their names on the birth certificate of an adopted child. That hearing included this exchange:

Julie Drenner of Texas Values claimed the bill would lead to threesomes adopting and the state would need to revise 20 forms.

Rep. Byron Cool (a Republican!) said he is "struggling" with those arguments and noted same-sex couples were more willing to adopt special needs kids. Then he said:

That’s a terrible indictment on one group, to be honest with you. In regards to your issue that you have to change the forms, so what? I really don’t understand that argument at all. Right now in Texas, we are struggling. We do not have enough parents who are willing to adopt. Thank goodness for people that will adopt children and give them loving homes.