texas: gay man loses custody of his biological children to a surrogate

AeneaLamia · 2012-11-29T02:08:46+00:00

'We've told you about this story before, an ugly custody battle in Texas that could redefine motherhood: Cindy Close and her friend, Marvin McMurrey, agreed to have a child together using his sperm and donated eggs.

Close became pregnant with twins through in vitro fertilization. But after the twins were born in July, Close says McMurrey revealed he was gay, told her she was just a surrogate and demanded custody of the children.

But now a judge in Houston has ruled that Cindy Close is indeed the mother of the twins, not just a surrogate. OutFront tonight is CNN's David Mattingly, who's been following this case.'

Strictly from that, joint custody seems the only option.

MeMyselfandBi · 2012-11-29T02:39:24+00:00

The gay man was not allowed custody of the child because when the surrogacy happened he was not married and the surrogacy was not officially approved by the court. Essentially, they are not allowing him to have his twins because he is not married. Maybe if he was allowed to marry a guy he would have been married. All of that being said, people shouldn't be required to be married to have children.

This woman is allowed custody of the child when she is not the biological mother but I would be surprised if in the situation that the same judge would be appointed to a case with lesbian mothers that they would make the same decision concerning who are actually the parents of the child. This is all just bigotry piled upon bigotry.

tl;dr The Texas legal system sucks.

ErasmusMRA · 2012-11-29T02:05:04+00:00

Women are interesting creatures who baffle scientists to this day. Just like matter which possesses gravitational, electric and magnetic fields, women possess two additional fields: Ownership Distortion Field and Responsibility Abdication Field. Scientists study these fields and their effects in a branch of sciences known as Gynomatics, which is still in its infancy.

Anything in proximity to a woman becomes hers, including people if the object remains within her presence long enough. Thus a child within her proximity becomes hers by default, and a man, who isn't as weak as a child, usually only has to pay child support and alimony. Although there have been cases of outright possession.

Likewise the Responsibility Abdication Field absolves her of the ownership of her actions, such as minor crimes, and sometimes even murder, and can even transfer the responsibility of a child to a nearby man who is biologically unrelated to her. Scientists speculate that both of these fields are components of the Unified Gynomatic Field, but so far unifications of both fields have proved unsuccessful. It is suspected that these fields are quantized and until such Quantum Theory of Gynomatics is developed, any attempts at unification will not be successful.

These effects happen in plain sight. People go through their day seemingly unaware of the presence of these strong fields. Scientists postulate a more general Reality Distortion Field to explain this phenomenon, but the research done is not yet conclusive.

Jeffoxxy · 2012-11-29T04:54:37+00:00

Gays shouldn't ever raise children.

Title	texas: gay man loses custody of his biological children to a surrogate
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Date	November 29, 2012 1:52 AM UTC (13 years ago)
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