Equality Fairfax

This podcast episode is an interview with Gerry Connolly, one of the candidates running for the 11th district U.S. House of Representatives seat.

We had hoped to do a candidate forum with Mr. Connolly and his opponent, Keith Fimian, but unfortunately, the Fimian campaign never responded to our inquiries. Should that change and Mr. Fimian sit down with us and record an interview, we’ll make that audio available on the website.

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According to an article on gay.com, the Department of Justice has determined that the Federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) does not prevent the children of those couples where an existing parent/child relationship exists.

It sounds like if one member of the couple has a child when in a marriage or civil union then that creates a parent/child relationship between the non-biological parent and the child. It is that relationship and not DOMA that appears to be the determining factor. It appears that the same reasoning would hold for second parent adoptions.

This is good news, at least for the children. And, it appears a court case wasn’t even needed (though I could be wrong). Regardless, if you have children then you should check out how this might benefit your family.

February 19, 2009 udpate: The article on gay.com this article linked to is no longer available on gay.com.