Judge Rules That Texas Can Deny Birth Certificates to Immigrants' Children

Today in terrible news out of Texas: U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman has denied an injunction sought by immigrant families seeking birth certificates for their children after the state refused to recognize foreign-issued passports and other documentation as acceptable forms of parental identification.
Lesbian Moms Say Arkansas Won't Put Both Parents on Birth Certificate
Three lesbian couples have sued Arkansas’s state health officials, saying the department refuses to put both parents on their children’s birth certificates. They say the State Health Department will only put the biological mother on a birth certificate, and requires a court order to include the other parent.
Compassionate Mitt Romney Thinks Gay Parents Aren't Real Parents
You guys, I'm about to tell you something shocking that I doubt anyone saw coming: Mitt Romney — smiling, gazing longingly at people, wincing and blinking, skin tanned by the bright orange Jergens sun, hair shellacked to look like a baby Ronald Reagan, hugger of babies, loving America so much he lets it be the little…
