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Lesbian Couple, Gay Man Listed as Three Parents on Baby’s Birth Certificate

Feb. 8, 2013 1:17pm Liz Klimas

A Florida judge is allowing the names of three people — a gay man and two lesbians — to be included as the parents on a 23-month-old girl’s birth certificate.

According to Reuters, the decision by Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Antonio Marin is the end of a two year battle between the lesbian couple who used the man’s sperm to conceive the girl, but the man later wanted more of a part in the child’s life.

Florida Judge Allows Three Parents Names on Toddlers Birth Certificate

This photo shows the baby’s biological father and mother and her adoptive mother with the judge who ruled all three could be on the child’s birth certificate. The mothers have sole parental rights but the father has been granted visitation. (Photo: Facebook via the Miami Herald)

Here are more details surrounding the situation from Reuters:

The women, Maria Italiano, 43, and Cher Filippazzo, 38, had made several unsuccessful attempts to become parents using fertility clinics.

They then turned to Italiano’s hair dresser, Massimiliano Gerina, and asked if he would provide his sperm for artificial insemination.

“When push came to shove, they figured he would understand the situation,” said Kenneth Kaplan, an attorney for the women.

“The mistake they made, however, was there should have been a written document spelling out what his rights and responsibilities were going to be.”

The Miami-Herald reported Gerina’s lawyer Karyn Begin saying “we’re creating entirely new concepts of families.” Initially, Gerina was seeking parental rights and had Begin draw up these rights and a visitation schedule in a contract, which “they hated,” Gerina said. It was at this point, shortly after the girl was born in 2011 that they all officially went to court.

Although under Florida law sperm donors technically have not legal rights to the children they help father, the judge ultimately decided the two women will have sole parenting rights, but Gerina will be allowed some visitation twice a week for the next two years.

“The mothers are in charge. I’m just going to spend time with her. They are the parents,” Gerina said, according to the Miami Herald.

The mothers seem to agree that the arrangement could benefit the toddler.

“We’re trying to do the right thing for Emma,” Filippazzo said according to Reuters. “We want Emma to have it all, and we believe by doing it this way, including him in a birthday or Thanksgiving, it’ll be a nice addition for her.”

Lawyers involved said many of these legal issues could have been avoided if all parties involved had discussed the implications and drew up a legal contract before the child was conceived.

Scientific research has also shown a baby could be made with the DNA of three parents, which could call into question the three parent birth certificate issue again someday as well.

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mcsledge
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:51pm
It’s one thing for a person to say their gay and stick to it. Although perverse, they are committed to a cause.

It is quite another for one to claim to be gay and then cowar to their supposed cause in order to rely on nature for offspring. They are perverse, lack commitment and unworthy of trust.

Science can continue to propogandize homosexuality as natural. However, nothing in nature was meant to live for only one generation. Germs and viruses beget other germs and viruses. Seeds produce vegitation, flowers, trees, fruits and vegitables, etc in their respective seasons year after year. The animal kingdom produces offspring according to natures clock year after year.

Although intimacy in humans is meant to build the bonds of love between a man and a woman, it’s primary purpose was and is to procreate. Unfortunately lust has replaced love in perverse attractions. True love can only be built on eternal truths and we know God’s position on unnatural affection (i.e., abomination).

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- 00100111
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 2:08pm
  The funny thing is, the one in the middle with the blue dress and long **** is the gay guy. The “man” on the left is one of the lesbians.
  
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- The_Jerk
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 2:18pm
  MCsledge: “Science can continue to propogandize homosexuality as natural.”
  
  Quite the opposite. Science proves the developmental aberration of homosexuality. It is a failed Darwinian experiment, in nature, of gene expression.
  
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- UNALIEN
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 2:35pm
  why not 3,4, or 10 people on the birth certificate or maybe add, the judge, doctor Congressman, the entire village, the State.
  
  just a certificate that says the State created you… and owns you forever
  
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- kadster01
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 2:46pm
  @00100111
  
  Thanks for giving me a laugh at an unfunny situation. :-)
  
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- Gold Coin & Economic News
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 2:50pm
  Why don’t we lat the Dear Great Leader Obama be the father of us all. Kinda give new meaning to Newsweek’s The Second Coming:
  http://www.isthatbaloney.com/creepy-newsweek-cover-calls-obama-the-second-coming/
  
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- mecanic
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 3:03pm
  @mcsledge….not sure it could have been said any better. pray for the child, for it’s future is bleak indeed.
  
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- tonypro
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 3:38pm
  Go figure, a dumb@$$ judge, from a heavy infested dumpacrap area trying to get his name in a history book somewhere.
  
  You know……I have a lot of my own mis-deeds (sins) I have to answer for on the day of judgement, with our Lord, and Savior, but I can guarantee you I’d rather be in my shoes than any one of these criminals.
  
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- 3monkeysmomma
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 3:39pm
  Is it just me or is America turning into the Rocky Horror Picture Show?
  
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- redfish52
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 3:59pm
  Somehow think that this will only catch on in California..
  
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- HarryPotter
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 5:08pm
  What makes you think being gay is unnatural? This gay woman gave birth to a wonderful child. And the Sperm came from a gay man. Clearly gays can have children. And this child has 3 parents all set on providing and loving and caring for her. I’d say she’s luckier than most.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 5:30pm
  3MONKEYSMOMMA, I’m afraid it already did years ago!
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=533uRb2BFpQ
  
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- Obama_In_PeePee_Is_Becks_Art
  Posted on February 9, 2013 at 2:30am
  “Lesbian Couple, Gay Man Listed as Three Parents on Baby’s Birth Certificate”
  
  Will God save America … so it can commit “abomination”? What do you think …
  
  13 “If a man lies with a male as he lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death. Their blood shall be upon them.” -Leviticus 20, Holy Bible
  
  28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting;
  29 being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, …
  32 who, knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practice them.
  -Romans 1, Holy Bible
  
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RJJinGadsden
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:49pm
Three names on the birth certificate? Isn’t the left still accusing the Mormons of this?

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- Kumo
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 2:26pm
  Aye. I am married to a member of the LDS but I am a non-denominational Christian so it gives me a unique perspective of their Christian faith.
  
  The FLDS cult (Fundamental Latter Day Saints) are the ones that believe in polygamy. Current LDS church leaders shun it and it hasn’t been an accepted practice within the main LDS church for a long time.
  
  FLDS are to LDS as the WBC are to Baptists, outcasts.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 5:08pm
  KUMO, Thanks for clarifying that, and I should have said the FLDS. Starting back a couple of years before I retired from the Army I was a volunteer assistant Boy Scout leader for the local Mormon church where several of our officers were members, as well their sons were members of the scout troop.
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 5:27pm
  Hi RJJ,
  
  This Child is going to have such an awful Life.
  
  I see this ending in suicide in the teen years.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 5:31pm
  Hi MONK, I agree with you. Below I made an earlier post about it needing a life time of therapy.
  
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- encinom
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 9:10pm
  And the Christian Bigots are out in force, hiding their hatred behind the bible.
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 9:23pm
  Howdy encinom troll,
  
  I hope you weren’t referring to me.
  
  I don’t read the Bible or hide behind any book (even though I have read all the different Scriptures of the World).
  
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Margyt
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:49pm
I pray to God that this will never seem ok to me. Babies have now become to be commodities to be created or destroyed at the whim of fickle adults. One of the worst lines in the story is “we want Emma to have it all”. Second is the idea that it would be nice to have the sperm donor around for Thanksgiving or birthday. Kids are not projects and a name on a birth certificate is not needed to invite someone to a party.

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- Verceofreason
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 2:20pm
  Two of the Romney bois used in vitro,
  Do you have a point?
  
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- 3monkeysmomma
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 3:42pm
  @Verce….WTH does that have to do with anything?
  
  This isn’t about invitro. This is about the fact all morality is becoming revalent even at the expense of common sense.
  
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- 3monkeysmomma
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 3:43pm
  * “relative”
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 3:53pm
  Verceofreason
  What is a bois? Never mind, after the double take I understood what you wrote.
  
  The way you spelled boys, I have to wonder, if your mind is not at least half gone.
  
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- truthnstuff
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 3:58pm
  VoiceOfNOReason has no mind. At least not in the normal clinical sense.
  
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- HarryPotter
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 5:18pm
  How is this any different that a straight couple having a child? Same drama, same politics, but not necessarily planned or prepared.
  
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- rochrealtor
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 7:40pm
  @margyt…Sodom and Gammorha was destroyed partly because of homosexuals. Your comment “I hope this never seems right to me” is God’s peace in your soul. If we don’t hang on to the commandments we will be judged in the same manor. I don’t wish these people any harm, nor do I judge them. It is a life without the bible and will only lead to destruction. We have to stay fast. All who disagree…read the “Harbinger,” and then ” A Scientific Approach to the Bible.”
  
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- HarryPotter
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 9:06pm
  Realtor:
  Where does it say in the Bible that those cities were destroyed because of gays? Which version are you using? Do you realize that this tale was written before the concept of history had been invented? Which means that this has the same historicity and The Odyssey. And did God come down from heaven to write the Bible personally, or was it penned by fallible man? The point here is that the Bible is a book of morals, and not every word can be taken literally. And if you think that ostracizing a group of people based on the way they are born is what God would want, you should probably reevaluate things….
  
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athiest-infedel
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:41pm
Yes, traditional marriage, a man and a woman, and a woman, and a woman, and his daughters, and a few more women, and a couple prostitutes…..

You people should just read the hate your spreading in the name of god and you all wonder why athiests troll you and are offended.

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- huey6367
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:50pm
  Settle down Francis.
  
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- saranda
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:56pm
  Nothing to do with marriage. This is a redefinition of FAMILY. I do not agree with what the judge has done, but this is not a marriage thing.
  
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- mcsledge
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 2:04pm
  And who is this God to which you refer?
  
  If God does not exist, then the principles professed by said God would be untrue in your eyes. You can’t have it both ways. Is there a God and a moral code or is there no God and no moral code?
  
  Let me help you with this one. Yes, He DOES EXIST. Yes, He has given us a moral code to follow, and He will judge each person according to their thoughts, words, and deeds.
  
  Although one may error in some part by calling someone specific out for wrong doing (i.e., passing judgment if you will….identifying the mote in another’s eye while have a beam in one’s own eye), we have been instructed by GOD to judge wisely and to live according to His statutes. Better said, I may need to repent for calling somoone specific out for homosexuality, but I will not have to repent for acknowledging and warning others that homosexuality is a perverse and evil act in the eyes of God and that those guilty of such an offense will be damned according to God’s own words if they do not change and repent.
  
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- 00100111
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 2:09pm
  Waaaaaaaaaah. Haaaaate. Deeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrppppppp. Waaaaaaaaaaahh.
  
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- thegreatcarnac
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 2:18pm
  Who cares about atheist trolls…we enjoy messing with them.
  
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- am123
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 2:36pm
  Atheism is pox on society. It is as Sir Isaac Newton called it, “senseless and odious”. Atheism drags morality down to animalistic levels with its moral relativity. And there are no uplifting and noble qualities to it, like Jesus taught us about caring for the least among us. Instead, inhumanity is elevated over love and goodness in a survival of the fittest mentality (atheism goes hand in hand with eugenics). Atheism can only debase society. For example, when it comes to the arts, the truly great artists in history, like Michelangelo, received inspiration from God above. And since art reflects the inspiration of the artist, his artwork was inspiring and uplifting. Any inspiration from an atheist on the other hand, can only reflect base, coarse, earthly things. And so instead of being uplifting, any so-called art from atheists can only debase and degrade. But such is the folly of atheism.
  
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- TheGrtDcptn
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 3:22pm
  ‘Yes, traditional marriage, a man and a woman’
  
  The beginning…and the end…God’s will…
  
  ‘a woman, and a woman, and his daughters, and a few more women, and a couple prostitutes…’
  
  ‘lawyer karyn begin saying ‘we’re creating entirely new concepts of families.’
  
  …and sinful, fallen man’s will…
  
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- Xylliab_of_the_Znarghh
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 3:48pm
  You know what? There are a lot of children being raised by straight couples in traditional marriages who really have three parents because one of their parents is infertile. If you can see past your irrational prejudice against gay people and consider it objectively, the idea of sometimes having three names on a birth certificate is actually a long overdue change.
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 4:04pm
  Atheist-Befuddled
  
  You have not thought out your actions, policies, philosophy beyond step one. So what you are doing is literally engineering a societal train wreck.
  
  What the LGBT community wants to do is to break the world & reshape it.
  
  “Beyond Same-Sex Marriage: A New Strategic Vision For All Our Families and Relationships”
  http://www.beyondmarriage.org/
  
  Queers For Economic Justice Beyond Marriage Project
  http://q4ej.org/projects/beyond-marriage
  
  Just watch the film “Hang the Red Lantern”. Over time your vision cannot work well at all.
  
  When things break, there is no reason not to break them more.
  
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- pragmaticpatriot
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 4:13pm
  What does that have to do with a turkey baster? 4 freaks have their day and 1 kid has a lifetime of ridicule and therapy.
  
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Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:41pm
When the lesbian couple gets a divorce (and they will) sometime in the near future, I hope the father is also considered for custody. Little girls need a father in their lives.

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- athiest-infedel
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:51pm
  Divorced just like half of the marriages, and a lot of them christians.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:56pm
  Geez, here we go again. ATHIEST-INFEDEL, you sound like JTEAGLE’s one trick pony posts earlier this morning.
  
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- Zipit
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 2:19pm
  What else would you expect from an Atheist Infidel?
  
  RJJ! Please check out my reply, to your comment on the Maine senator story!
  
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- curmudgeon60
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 2:29pm
  @ Aononymous…..no you wouldn’t…..the guy is homosexual as well. That poor little one….better millstones be hung around all three (and the judges) necks. As Dr. Carson reminded us …Rome crumbled from within.
  
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- Anonymous T. Irrelevant
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 2:31pm
  ATHEIST-INFIDEL
  Only because we don’t have enough data, yet, on homosexual marriages, because they haven’t been allowed long enough.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 2:56pm
  ZIPIT, Just read it and responded. Beau is as dirty as his Dad for certain.
  
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- toiletclogga
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 7:08pm
  The kid has no shot in life. Three parents all of which are most defined by their sexual preference to the same sex. What a way to live life! There are so many other things in life which a person should defined, and sexual preference should fall very low on the list.
  
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midnightvelvet
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:38pm
I heard of a case like this recently, I don’t think this is the same one. The sperm donor donated as a favor to his two lesbian friends, but was not supposed to have any part as a parent in the child’s life. Then the women decided to sue him for child support. He decided that if he was to be forced to pay for the kid, he should be granted rights to be in the kid’s life. So he took them to court and won. Weird story. Though I don’t agree with these arrangements as being the best for the child…good for him!

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- catty
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 2:15pm
  The women didn’t sue him for child support, the stupid court did. They didn’t agree with it.
  
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Small World
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:38pm
insaine! God help us !

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moreteaplease
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:36pm
The mothers seem to agree that the arrangement could benefit the toddler.
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Just enough to screw this kids mind up when she tries to figure out why most other kids have one mother and one father while she has two mothers who kiss and hug like Johnny’s mom and dad do and her father comes around once in a while with his boyfriend…and they do the same thing.

Yep, sounds like a splendid arrangement that kid.

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- PK_SEA
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 3:03pm
  All I can say is, that poor kid. I hope these people don’t treat this child like a pet.
  They should do a case study on this child and see what happens in the next 25 years.
  
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FISH_BONE
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:33pm
As these types of stories become more common, the attorneys who handle domestic relations matters get richer and richer.

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mcsledge
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:33pm
Based on that $hi7 eating grin, you would think the Judge had a part in the conception. So much for objectivity in the courts.

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- huey6367
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:50pm
  The judge is probably gay.
  
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- FISH_BONE
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:50pm
  When was the last time he could tell his buddies at the judge convention that he was the cream in a lesbian OREO?
  
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Chuck7884
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:32pm
If They use any part of a man does that mean they are no longer Lesbian?

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- Fubared
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:36pm
  Only applies to hard vegan lesbians.
  
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- FISH_BONE
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:47pm
  FUBARD: Or do you mean TOL (Traditional Orthodox Lesbians)?
  
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- gyro
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 2:27pm
  Fubared == need definition of hard vegan lesbians
  and dont hold back
  
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am123
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:30pm
No matter how rosy a picture those who propagandize gay parenthood paint, the stark, grim reality is we’re talking about behavior deemed an abomination in the Bible, unnatural, deviant behavior by individuals who—because their minds have been given over to darkness—commit acts that ought not to be done. It’s bad enough that two adults wallow in their perversion. Why add kids to that mix? Woe unto those who willingly throw children into such a cesspool of activity and woe unto us as a society for calling evil good.

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- TheIggies
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 3:18pm
  Not everyone believes that particular book of lies.
  
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- RabbiDRJerkins
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 3:53pm
  @Theiggies
  Shalom,
  You are quite correct; not everyone believes.
  I will not attempt to change your mind; I will merely point out that, if I am right, I have gained everything, if I am wrong, I have lost nothing, if you are right, you have gained nothing, if you are wrong, you have lost everything.
  
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- wowjustwow
  Posted on February 9, 2013 at 2:15am
  God created everyone…love all and get on with your lives. If you don’t like what you see, move on…plain and simple.
  
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VTDave
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:30pm
“Sick”…. Is just the tip of the iceberg……. F’d up DNA on both sides of this transaction….

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athiest-infedel
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:29pm
Gotta love it, no abortion, it’s evil….Your gay???? Abomination, you don’t deserve to live. hahaha

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- BADDOGGYDESCIPLE
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 2:26pm
  I don’t think anybody advocates for gay death panels, save your straw argument. Your happy to kill them in the womb beyond viability and kill them with death panels to steal the rest of the social security payments so careful with the stones in the glass houses.
  
  One question, who gets the write off? Can I now claim my dog as a dependant?
  
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- Xylliab_of_the_Znarghh
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 3:50pm
  You spelled both atheist and infidel incorrectly.
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 4:17pm
  Your gay???? Abomination, you don’t deserve to live. hahaha
  ***
  No, it is more like, if you are gay, stop having homosexual acts.
  
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Bootlegger97
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:28pm
Poor kid.

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huey6367
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:27pm
I should have read the article before my previous post. My bad.

First, this is in Florida and so am I. Florida used to be a solid red state. It went from red to blue without ever crossing the purple threshold. And this is what we have to show for it.

Second, they didn’t get a written contract for this? They are not smart enough to have children.

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IMCHRISTIAN
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:26pm
This isn’t according to God’s plan.

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- athiest-infedel
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:33pm
  I guess the millions of children that die before age 5 from starvation is in his plan, since GOD can’t or won’t do anything about it.
  
  This is where you tell me I’m going to hell, but you still can’t refute my statement.
  
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- IMCHRISTIAN
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 2:10pm
  The millions of children I think of is the unborn that are the aborted and the ones that abort will think about it later in life.
  
  I don’t even think about you. You have the right to not to believe as I have the right to believe.
  
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- 00100111
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 2:14pm
  No, this is where we yawn. Same tired crappe from the same tired atheists who don’t matter in this world. Go on back to your blog, post some stuff about being oppressed, then cut yourself in the bathroom while crying “Christians are so evil, they’re so evil, oh the pain feels so good.”
  
  Nobody cares about you. You need to come to terms with that.
  
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- Witness1974
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 2:14pm
  Atheist-Infidel; I will pretend for a moment that you have the right to make moral judgments on anything, given you have no foundation for such non-sense.
  
  I assume you are familiar with the story of the good Samaritan. That is a good picture of God’s plan. We are to bind up wounds and provide for those who can not provide for themselves. If there is a starving child somewhere, let’s expand that, if there is a starving person somewhere then there is a person responsible for that starvation.
  
  If you knew anything about Christians, you would know that for generations, as early as there were Christians, there have been people who have sacrificed their lives in places far from their homes, living among the poor and ignorant giving freely millions and millions of dollars to build schools, hospitals and supply food and clothing to strangers who are physically and spiritually sick, starving, and naked. All those people went in the name of Christ our God. The same God that you curse.
  
  Since I am a sinner and I know that you are one too because everyone I’ve known so far is one, I know that you are furious with God because of sin. If you get to know some genuine Christians instead of the ones you imagine, you will find that they are the first to admit their own sin. I encourage you to examine yourself, confess your sin and take another look at who God really is.
  
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- Margyt
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 2:19pm
  Atheist, you are making a straw man argument. None of us Christians deny the existence of evil and suffering. We struggle to understand the love of God and the evil He allows to continue in this world. The Bible gives standards for living that counter evil. We know that even we who acknowledge God’s sovereignty in our lives and believe what the Bible tells us know that we fail in living up to those standards. I, for one, don’t judge homosexual behavior any more harshly than the rancid things I sometimes say, or the rebellious things I sometimes do. This designer baby thing is really not ok, though. Neither is abortion, parental abandonment, or a myriad of other evils. The measurement has to be up against what God ordained…creation and rearing of a child from the committed relationship of the two people who provide the biological material that makes up the child’s DNA.
  
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- Verceofreason
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 2:22pm
  No, rape is.
  
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- The_Doors_Of_Perception
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 2:40pm
  Christianity-
  
  The belief that some cosmic Jewish Zombie can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him that you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree.
  
  Yes, this is the same source you use to reason your beliefs on homosexuality. I think I will stick with the science and studies on the subject thank you.
  
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- RabbiDRJerkins
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 2:45pm
  @Athiest Infedel
  Shalom,
  No, the starvation of millions of children, and adults for that matter, the murders, molestations and other horrors inflicted upon man by his fellow man on a daily basis are NOT a part of the Lord’s plan.
  The Lord’s plan for his creation including mankind has not changed, and is clearly shown in the account set forth in the opening chapters of the book of Beresheth (Genesis in the English Bible); The plan was and is for mankind to be in fellowship with the Lord and with his fellow man, mankind in a position of stewardship over the Earth, and the Earth and the rest of creation in a position of providence for mankind.
  Mankind in general has broken that fellowship. Mankind in general has abandoned that stewardship. Mankind is suffers the results from the actions of mankind. This is NOT a one way relationship. Most importantly, it IS a relationship.
  The Lord has done his part, kept his word at every turn. When we do our part, we reap the blessings of his promises. When we do not do our part, we reap the just rewards of our actions.
  The Lord created the heavens and the Earth. He gave us everything that we have. When we reject him and walk away, he makes it possible for us to be reconcilled with him without sufferring the ultimate consequences of that foolish action. He even arranged for those ultimate consequences of our rejection to be paid for us.
  …And you mock even the possibility of his being because he does not do more?
  
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- Witness1974
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 2:48pm
  Doors of Perception? Doesn’t your science tell you that the human anus is an exit, not an entrance?
  
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- RabbiDRJerkins
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 3:33pm
  @The Doors of Perception
  Shalom,
  It is no wonder that you do not hold to the belief described in your inaccurate asessment of the Judeo-Christian faith, no Jews or Christians (at least the ones that I am aware of) hold to those beliefs either.
  Your mockery of a faith will be far more effective if you mock things that are actually part of that faith.
  For example; it is useless to try and mock Islam by calling muslims pacifists.
  Please attempt to discover what the Judeo-Christian faith is about; read the Scripture (and if that is where you got these nutty ideas, try to pay attention while you are reading it this time), then, should you again find some portion that you think is laughable, mock it some more.
  I am certain that there will always be someone who is able to correct your misconceptions so that eventually you will have understanding of the Judeo-Christian faith, and will no longer have anything to mock.
  
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- The_Doors_Of_Perception
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 3:50pm
  Uh…I was a born again christian for the first 25 years of my life. What is incorrect? I mean, I know it’s not the most eloquent theological argument…but it summarizes it pretty well.
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 3:55pm
  The_Doors_Of_Perception
  
  Nah, one of my kids is agnostic. They think homosexuality is wrong too. They don’t rely on the Bible for their belief that homosexuality is wrong. So all your efforts in tearing down religion are in vain. For your next act are you going to pi$$ in the wind?
  
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- Witness1974
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 4:29pm
  THEDOORS… You might have attended a church for 25 years. Members of your family might be born again, but I have my doubts about you (please interpret this in the kindliest tone possible). I’ve had doubts about God. I’ve even said some outrageous things about Him in my ignorance, but to so cavalierly mock Christ and His word, without showing the slightest remorse tells me the Spirit of God is not in you. Besides, being born again for the first 25 years of your life is mathematically impossible. Becoming a Christian is a decision. An infant is not capable of making that kind of decision. You are right about one thing: Your statement was not eloquent. It was not rational. It was not even serious. It reflected no thoughtfulness at all. It wasn’t even “scientific.” You need to read Genesis 3 again. Eve was not tempted by a snake; she was tempted by a serpent. The serpent was changed by God after the temptation when he pronounced the curses. You also need to read the end of the Gospels again. Jesus was nothing like a zombie; the comparison really deserves no countenance. Surely you are more intelligent than to be satisfied with so shallow and silly a rebuttal against the faith as the one you have written here. One last thing you should think about: If you don’t think God can create a woman out of a rib, raise Christ from the dead, and hear prayers, then your god is too small.
  
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calyptratus
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:25pm
This country is getting dizzier and dizzier as it goes down the toilet

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- Todd P
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:47pm
  Get ready for The Flush Heard ‘Round The World!.
  
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huey6367
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:25pm
That child is going to have some serious issues as it ages.

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- Todd P
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:46pm
  Don’t worry – ObamaCare will cover it!
  
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- huey6367
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:59pm
  Do you think Obamacare will cover a lifetime of therapy? Obama says it will so it must be true.
  
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- The_Doors_Of_Perception
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 2:44pm
  Prove it
  
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ZAP
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:25pm
I heard the family dog wants in…..

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- Xiccarph
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 2:08pm
  Ah, not quite ready for that yet. The next oddness to be normalized will be pedophilia. When that is “just another lifestyle”, then they will start normalizing the animal “…first comes love, then comes marriage, then comes what-ever-it-is in the baby carriage” stuff. I’ll take polygamy and polyandry any day over this sickness!
  
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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:23pm
And the progressives war on marriage and the family continues unabated. God help us all.

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RJJinGadsden
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:23pm
Maybe the three of them together can earn enough income to pay for this child’s life long need of counseling.

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- Fubared
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:38pm
  They just need to adopt encidiot and pay for pre-paid attorneys fees. Shovel ready all around.
  
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- biohazard23
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:40pm
  Oy vey…
  
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- progressiveslayer
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:40pm
  Obama care will fix that kid right up! ;)
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:46pm
  FUBARED, Damn you. I hurt my ribs Wednesday leaning over the side of a pick up trying to pick up something that was a lot heavier than I thought. Making me laugh that hard is just not nice!
  
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SolidusRaccoon
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:23pm
This is called Child Abuse.

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- catty
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 2:21pm
  Three loving parents is now considered child abuse?
  
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- TheGrtDcptn
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 3:29pm
  ‘Three loving parents is now considered child abuse?’
  
  Only TWO are the child’s parents…doesn’t matter what YOU wish to perceive as truth…
  
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Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:23pm
Didn’t they have room on the Birth Certificate to also list the bed, a test tube, and the paper boy as a father? After all, why not just list every fantasy these people have on who the legal parents will be. Wow, Dr Suess would be confused with this situation, instead of “Are you my Mommy?” the book would be, who isn’t my Mommy.

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gauge
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:21pm
Sick

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