Faith and Freedom Network

The California Supreme Court ruled yesterday that both members of a lesbian couple who plan for and raise a child born to either of them should be considered the child's mothers even after their relationship ends.

Both women will now be listed as parents on the child's birth certificate.

In handing down their ruling, the California Supreme Court said, "We perceive no reason why both parents of a child cannot be women."

While the gay community celebrated, others took pause.

Joan Hollinger, who teaches adoption law at Berkeley said, "It is unprecedented to have a states highest court recognize that in the absence of an adoption, and even in the absence in some intances of a domestic partnership agreement, that two men or two women could be the full legal parents of a child born through assisted reproduction."

Unprecedented, indeed.

This is yet another step in undermining and unraveling the family.

This decision inflicts harm on both the children and the judicial system itself.

This decision discriminates against heterosexual men who donate their sperm because they are not given the same rights that under this ruling women who donate an egg are given.

Under law, it inappropriately confers rights and imposes disabilities on persons because of their sexual orientation, therefore, it may well violate the "equal protection" laws.

But, then who cares; tolerance, diversity, anti-discrimination and equal rights are always a one-way street. And it usually doesn't lead toward Judeo-Christian or traditional values.

And what about the kids? I spent a good number of years working with kids as a youth minister, including several years in Los Angeles. Our children do not need two mommys or two daddys.

The Biblical plan for the human race creates the highest degree of FREEDOM and the most productive and nurturing environment possible.

K.M., who provided an egg to her lesbian partner and prevailed in this case said, "Next to the day my daughters were born, this is the happiest day of my life."

There is a chilling reference to this lifestyle and those who approve it in Romans chapter one, verses 26 through 32.

This again points out why we must be vigilant and must sustain that vigilance. We at Faith and Freedom Network are committed. Thank you for standing with us.

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Gary Randall
President
Faith and Freedom Network