Comments on: Federal Judge Strikes Down Oklahoma Law that Could Have Denied Children Their Parents

By: Offsprung > Mombian » Having Gay Parents Better than Being Abandoned, McCain Concedes

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:26:10 +0000

[...] problem, of course, is that states must recognize adoptions by other states (although Oklahoma tried for a time to invalidate adoptions by same-sex couples from other states). The federal [...]

By: Mombian: Sustenance for Lesbian Moms » Blog Archive » Weekly Political Roundup

Fri, 20 Oct 2006 22:19:12 +0000

[...] Lambda Legal argued that the U. S. Court of Appeals should affirm a lower court ruling that Oklahoma’s anti-gay Adoption Invalidation Law is unconstitutional. The law, one of the most restrictive in the country, said Oklahoma could not recognize an adoption by same-sex parents, even if done legally in another state or foreign jurisdiction. It was struck down by the lower court last May. [...]

By: Mombian: Sustenance for Lesbian Moms » Blog Archive » Weekly Political Roundup

Fri, 26 May 2006 20:56:00 +0000

[...] We won a major victory in Oklahoma, where judges struck down a ruling that would have denied recognition to same-sex adoptive parents even if the adoption was done legally in another state. [...]