context: Accordingly, this Court agrees with other district courts that have recently reviewed this issue and concludes that there is no rational connection between Defendants' assertion and the legitimate interest of successful childrearing. To the contrary, this Court finds that far from encouraging a stable environment for childrearing, Section 32 denies children of same-sex parents the protections and stability they would enjoy if their parents could marry.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 2013 WL 7869139, at *20
citation_a.parenthetical: noting the only effect the marriage recognition bans have on children's well-being is harming the children of same-sex couples who are denied the protection and stability of having parents who are legally married
citation_a.sentence: See Obergefell, 962 F.Supp.2d at 993-95, 2013 WL 7869139, at *20 (noting the only effect the marriage recognition bans have on children’s well-being is harming the children of same-sex couples who are denied the protection and stability of having parents who are legally married); see also Golinski, 824 F.Supp.2d at 992 (“The denial of recognition and withholding of marital benefits to same-sex couples does nothing to support opposite-sex parents, but rather merely serves to endanger children of same-sex parents.”); Pedersen, 881 F.Supp.2d at 336-37 (finding that the denial of marriage to same-sex parents “in fact leads to a significant unintended and untoward consequence by limiting the resources, protections, and benefits available to children of same-sex parents.”).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.identifier: 881 F.Supp.2d 336, 336-37
citation_b.parenthetical: finding that the denial of marriage to same-sex parents "in fact leads to a significant unintended and untoward consequence by limiting the resources, protections, and benefits available to children of same-sex parents."
citation_b.sentence: See Obergefell, 962 F.Supp.2d at 993-95, 2013 WL 7869139, at *20 (noting the only effect the marriage recognition bans have on children’s well-being is harming the children of same-sex couples who are denied the protection and stability of having parents who are legally married); see also Golinski, 824 F.Supp.2d at 992 (“The denial of recognition and withholding of marital benefits to same-sex couples does nothing to support opposite-sex parents, but rather merely serves to endanger children of same-sex parents.”); Pedersen, 881 F.Supp.2d at 336-37 (finding that the denial of marriage to same-sex parents “in fact leads to a significant unintended and untoward consequence by limiting the resources, protections, and benefits available to children of same-sex parents.”).