Oren Adar and Mickey Ray Smith, a couple in San Diego, who adopted their then-1-year-old Louisiana-born son in New York in 2006, will receive a birth certificate for their son — with both their names appearing on it, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals just ruled. Of course, the fellas thought the matter was resolved in 2008, after a judge declared that New York’s full faith and credit clause permitted them to jointly register as the parents of the child, even though Louisiana forbids gay (i.e. unmarried) adoption.
How Oren Adar + Mickey Ray Smith Will Finally Get Both Their Names on Son’s Birth Certificate
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Mike in Asheville, nee "in Brooklyn"
Most importantly, this is wonderful for the child!
This is a major league victory; the expansion of same-sex marriage is going to fall upon the full faith and credit clause of the Constitution. And this is a decision coming from the relatively conservative circuit court in the South, not a decision coming from California or New York.