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Gay Couples Sue Over Okla. Adoption Law
By APRIL
MARCISZEWSKI
.c The
Associated Press
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Three homosexual couples filed a
federal lawsuit Wednesday seeking to overturn a law that
prohibits Oklahoma from recognizing adoptions by
same-sex couples from other states and countries.
The
lawsuit alleges the measure, which is an amendment to
the Oklahoma Adoption Code, "appears
to sever legal ties between parents and their children
whenever families led by same-gender couples enter the
state of Oklahoma."
Gov.
Brad Henry signed the law in May. It was drafted by 17
state lawmakers after Attorney General Drew Edmondson
issued an opinion in April requiring the state to
recognize all adoptions, regardless of the gender of
parents.
A gay
couple from Washington state, Ed Swaya and Greg Hampel,
sought the opinion when they asked for a birth
certificate listing both of them as their daughter's
parents. The state Health Department had initially
refused to list Swaya because he was not the birth
mother.
The
couple adopted their daughter from an Oklahoma woman.
Now they fear they would lose their legal rights as
parents if they visited the birth mother.
Swaya
and Hampel are two of 10 plaintiffs, including the
couples' children.
Spokespeople for the governor's office and the attorney
general, both listed as defendants, said they had not
seen the lawsuit and could not comment.
09/15/04 22:43 EDT
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