With the just-decided M.A.T. v. G.S.T. case, the Pennsylvania Superior Court, in an en banc ruling (that means all judges heard the case), overturned two previous precedent-setting rulings from 1986 and 86 that had automatically slapped a scarlet letter on gays involved in child custody disputes.
The court’s ruling reads in part: “[W]e overrule both the holding and the reasoning in Constant and its progeny (including Pascarella and Barron), and conclude that a homosexual parent bears no special evidentiary presumption in a child custody case.”
Tony Infanti explains more here, but the main point: Courts will make custody decisions on what’s truly in the best interests of the children, and not on whether mommy or daddy is a gay.
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And Pennsyltucky leaps into the 21st century. Now if only they could fix their roads…
PADude
…we have the road fixing scheduled for the 22nd century. Don’t rush us, we’re too busy crushing down people’s rights over here.
This decision is huge around here, although it’s basically been happening de facto for a while…at least in the more populous eastern and southeastern regions.
badluckshadow13
thank god… I mean, I never want to have kids or anything, but still.
REBELComx
‘Bout bloody damn time. Now what happened with those conflicting marriage amendments we were supposed to get going in PA?