In a sad story that's been back-and-forth in the Maryland courts for
three years, a lesbian mom has been denied visitation with her child
after the girl's other mother changed her mind about their post-break
up arrangements. A brief summary of the story here misleadingly describes the second mom as someone who "helped raise" the child.
And
here's where I go into my standard lecture about marriage really being
all about divorce. Because when things go well in a same-sex headed
family, folks may miss tax breaks, opportunities to insure each other
and experience many other headaches, but it's when things fall apart
through death or break up that tragedies happen. And most often, these
tragedies happen to children.
"Helped raise" is a real misnomer in this case, because the child was
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