Louisiana to appeal “gay adoption” rulingThe Times-Picayune: “A top state lawyer has confirmed that Attorney General Buddy Caldwell almost certainly will appeal a federal appeals court order requiring that Louisiana issue an amended birth certificate listing as parents two out-of-state men who, through a New York court, adopted a child born in Shreveport.” Adar v. Smith, No. 09-30036 (5th Cir. Feb. 18, 2010) (2/19/2010) The Times-Picayune: “A federal appeals court Thursday ordered the state to issue a birth certificate to two men who adopted a Louisiana-born baby boy in 2006 only to have the registrar of vital statistics refuse to give them the document because they were unmarried.”
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