Texas judge ignores DNA tests, refuses parental rights because gay dads are married

A judge in Texas has refused to list two fathers on the birth certificates of their children because the men are gay.

Same-sex couple Jason Hanna and Joe Riggs, who were legally married in Washington, D.C., both have biological children, who share the same surrogate mother. Neither of the men are listed on their biological child’s birth certificate.

Hanna and Riggs had asked a judge to legally recognize them as a family by listing both men on both of the children’s birth certificates. Last week, a judge denied their petition.

“On one hand, it’s a little scary because as of right now, we don’t have full parental rights of our own biological children,” Hanna told KDFW.

“Actually, I think that’s what surprised me the most was a family court,” Riggs noted. “I guess I expected them to be looking out for the best interest of our kids, and I felt we walked out that day and it wasn’t in the best interest of our kids.”

goddamnit, Texas. Why?

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/06/19/texas-judge-ignores-dna-tests-refuses-parental-rights-because-gay-dads-are-married/