Gay Adoption Case Making Way to Supreme Court

Lambda Legal Defense is taking its fight for same-sex families to the U.S. Supreme Court.

The case, Adar v. Darlene Smith, involves a gay male couple – Oren Adar and Mickey Ray Smith— who sought an amended birth certificate for the boy they adopted in the state of New York. The boy was born in 2005 in Louisiana, so the couple had to seek an amended birth certificate from the state of Louisiana.

Revised birth certificates identifying a child’s adoptive parents are often needed to verify family relationships to schools, medical providers, insurers, and even law enforcement officials, SouthFloridaGayNews.com reports.

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