Adoption News - 28 - OKLAHOMA - Significant Victory for Same-Sex Couples and their Families - Federal Court Upheld Lower Courts Ruling Striking Down an Oklahoma Law...

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OKLAHOMA
SIGNIFICANT VICTORY FOR SAME-SEX COUPLES AND THEIR FAMILIES
FEDERAL COURT UPHELD LOWER COURT'S RULING
STRIKING DOWN AN OKLAHOMA LAW...
August 3, 2007

August 3, 2007. In a significant victory for same-sex couples and their families, a federal appeals court upheld a lower court’s ruling striking down an Oklahoma law so extreme it threatened to make children adopted by same-sex couples in other states legal orphans when the families are in Oklahoma. The Lambda Legal Foundation sought to overturn the law on behalf of three families, including two women who will finally be able to amend their daughter’s birth certificate to accurately list both of their names. This decision makes clear that same-sex couples must be protected when they adopt and are entitled under the U.S. Constitution to have their relationships with their children respected in every state.  Click Here to view the PDF of this document.

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