Everyone once in a while we need some kind of sign or a benchmark to get our bearings, to know how far we’ve traveled on the road to lunacy. Just so you know, it’s pretty far.
There’s so much crazy in here that I didn’t know where to start but here’s the major nugget I’m taking from it. Two lesbians literally had the name of a child’s father taken off a child’s birth certificate and replaced by one of the lesbian’s names.
News.com.au reports:
A man who donated sperm to a lesbian couple will have his name stripped from their child’s birth certificate after a successful legal bid by the birth mother’s ex-partner.
The woman took the NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, and biological father, to court in May to have his name replaced with her name in the document.
The female child was born in 2001 and the women split in 2006, although they continued to share parental responsibility.
The man also played a role in the child’s life.
New South Wales District Court Judge Stephen Walmsley today ruled in her favour, but expressed sympathy for the biological father.
“I am not persuaded there is any contractual right which can affect this application,” he said. “As (the biological father) concedes, there was no agreement before (the child’s) birth that he would be on the register when he agreed to donate his sperm.”
The judge said the man and the child obviously had a strong emotional attachment.
“I have considerable sympathy for (the man) – he has done what he considers has been his very best for the child.”
Outside court the man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said he was devastated and labelled the outcome an injustice.
“She’s not my daughter as far as the law is concerned,” he said. “The laws are totally inadequate, there are no laws to protect people like me.
“It’s a very bad day for fathers, that’s all I can say.”
Indeed.
But have we gone so far that birth certificates are now not documents of fact but pawns of political correctness? That seems like a great idea – instead of documenting reality let’s have legal documents of birth be about making us feel good about the way we wish things were. Here’s the deal, women can’t have babies with women. Sorry. Not my rules. They can’t. You need a man.
For the judge to use the fact that there was no written agreement that the father would be on the birth certificate as a reason to remove him shows either that the judge was drunk, concussed, or definitely has someone helping him with menial tasks like tying his shoes and helping him cross the street on a full time basis. The father is the father. He doesn’t need written permission from the mother to acknowledge that fact. That’s what facts are.
The lesbians can raise the kid. They can be two Mommys or the butchier one can even call herself “Daddy” if that floats her boat. But she’s not the father.
Look, I’m sure some women see this as the most awesomely awesome ruling ever and I’m sure there will be a Lifetime movie of the week about it with the lesbians walking out of the courtroom in victory raising their arms like Norma Rae and Erin Brokovich together (at last.) Hey, it might even win an Emmy for Rosie O’ Donnell.
But ladies, here’s a question – Now that we’ve established that you can have a father erased from a birth certificate, can men petition to have themselves removed from birth certificates? Didn’t think about that one did ya’? Because that would be kind of a big deal in order to avoid paying child support?
But right now, according to recent jurisprudence, men have no say in whether their child is aborted in the womb and even after the child is born they can be booted off the birth certificate at the whim of the mother and the stupidity of a judge.
That sounds fair. Good thing children don’t need fathers anymore or we’d be in big trouble.
August 17, 2011 at 4:56 pm
Unfortunately, this will happen to mothers too, when, for instance, Elton John or his partner sue to be the baby's mom.
August 17, 2011 at 5:06 pm
Yes, the decision is crazy. But don't you think that a man who donates his sperm to a lesbian couple ought to expect some wrangling over parental rights? It seems to me that he set himself up for this type of problem by intentionally putting himself in a situation where he is the biological father, but is not one of the parents actively raising the child on a day-to-day basis.
August 17, 2011 at 5:06 pm
Does donating sperm really make someone a father? When this man donated his sperm did he expect that these two lesbian women would allow him to be the father to his child? I think the lunacy started way before this lawsuit! Also, I'm surprised that birth certificates still have mother and father on them and not just "parental units". Heck, then all three of their names could have been on the birth certificate. I can't believe that I'm going to explain all this crap to my kids someday!
Kim
August 17, 2011 at 5:13 pm
I always chuckle at people’s amazement when they discover birth certificates are not records of fact. Ask any b@stard. We are not even allowed to see our birth certificates. Not even a Freedom of Information request can wrest it loose from people who need to protect others from us knowing our own names. Even as infants, our very existence is so repulsive to society that we must be prevented from knowing who we are. To do so would cause great damage to others seemingly ashamed to be associated with us. We are free only to carry a fictionalized version that gives credence to society’s lie that we were born to women too old to reproduce, of parent of entirely different races, and now, even of two women. You’re astounded? Get back to me when you are denied your own birth certificate and we’ll talk about the accuracy of records.
August 17, 2011 at 6:08 pm
The "bad day for fathers" started with the sperm donation. Creating children and taking no responsibility for them is the real travesty.
August 17, 2011 at 8:07 pm
>The father is the father. He doesn't need >written permission from the mother to >acknowledge that fact. That's what facts are.
>The lesbians can raise the kid. They can be two >Mommys or the butchier one can even call >herself "Daddy" if that floats her boat. But >she's not the father.
For the moment this is true, but Science Marches On. We already have laboratory mice with female fathers. Google "Kaguya mouse" if ye doubt. It's only a matter of time before there are girls whose two genetic parents are women. Mind you, I don't think it's a good idea, but it will probably happen.
August 17, 2011 at 8:08 pm
The Church in her wisdom foresaw the gravity of the evils that would come from contraception, IVF, sperm banks, etc. One need only read Gaudium et Spes and Humanae Vitae to appreciate the Church's prophecy which we are seeing lived out at present.
August 17, 2011 at 8:26 pm
Lord Jesus, anytime you want to Come In Glory, we're ready down here!
August 17, 2011 at 10:55 pm
I don't think it will be too long before men start taking women to court with the claim that it would be gender discrimination for the man to be "punished with a baby" and child support payments. No woman can be legally forced to financially support (or even give birth to) a child she doesn't want. Why are only the poor men made to face the consequences of their actions?
August 17, 2011 at 11:08 pm
The mans own fault, he should have thought of all this BEFORE deciding to be sperm donor. He donated and they took it. Why did he donate his sperm? Was it for money? Did he want to BE a father? Takes more than a sperm donation to make a father. Seems to me they didn't ask him to be a parent, they just wanted his donated sperm and he agreed. His fault.
Just goes to prove that creating and parenting children belong INSIDE a man/female marriage.
August 18, 2011 at 12:40 am
Some diseases have genetic bases. After the child grows up, he/she at some time may be interested in what his biological ancestors died from. Not having the biological father on the birth certificate creates a "dead end" from this avenue of investigation into possible susceptibility to certain diseases.
TeaPot562
August 18, 2011 at 2:43 am
What was this idiot doing giving his sperm in a cup to two lesbians? He masturbates in a cup, hands it off for God knows what purpose, and I am supposed to feel sorry for whom?
Actually, I am feeling sorry for myself because I just ate some BBQ and read this. Urp.
August 18, 2011 at 6:57 am
This is what happens when people ignore the Church's teachings on pre-marital sex and artificial insemination.
August 18, 2011 at 2:43 pm
Yup, parent's right are apparently more important than the child's right to know her genetic background. Too sad.
August 18, 2011 at 2:58 pm
Amazing that people are surprised when bad things happen after they mess with God's design….
August 18, 2011 at 4:55 pm
But have we gone so far that birth certificates are now not documents of fact but pawns of political correctness?
Long time ago. You can change your sex in at least two states. (when it's not a mistake)