Well, people, you get to have it one way or the other. Either gay marriage
is NOT legal and the partner has no liability, or gay marriage IS legal and
the partner DOES have liability. Right now the former is true, so live with
it, or...

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James.

-----Original Message-----
From: piclist-bounces@MIT.EDU [mailto:piclist-bounces@MIT.EDU] On Behalf Of
Apptech
Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 05:59
To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
Subject: Re: [OT][WOT]:: Sperm donor forced to pay child support

An interesting aspect is that the other lesbian ex-partner 
has no legal liabilities in the matter.

        R

> >But the British government's Child Support Agency has 
> >begun
>>docking his pay to force him to contribute to the 
>>children's
>>upbringing because the lesbian couple have split up. ...
>
> The problem goes deeper than that when you read a full 
> article. Part of it
> is that the lesbian 'father' did not adopt the child.
>
>
http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/families/article2994
783.ece
>
> However that has been followed up with this
>
>
http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/families/article3001
165.ece

Which doesn't change much ethically or legally as far as I 
can tell from what they say.


            Russell


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