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Italy starts removing lesbian mothers’ names from children’s birth certificates

www.cnn.com Italy starts removing lesbian mothers' names from children's birth certificates | CNN

The northern Italian city of Padua has started removing the names of non-biological gay mothers from their children’s birth certificates under new legislation passed by the “traditional family-first” government of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.

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I know that the international ultra conservative movement wants to erase LBGTQ rights, but this is one I hadn’t considered. Chiseling away the rights of gay parents in order to jealously guard the “traditional” family is mean and stupid.
- There's a reason one of the five things prohibited under the UNs 1948 convention against genocide is the forcible transfer of children. This is a step down that same path.
  
  As someone whose had a lesbian non-biological parent and a birther go to the court over our custody in Texas, I'm thankful the judge recognized my mom's legitimacy as our parent and gave her full custody. But it could have easily turned out differently simply because of the non-biological parent part, but at least her name was on our birth certificates and we had her last name from birth. Can't imagine it would have turned out the same otherwise despite the other person clearly being totally unfit to raise children.
  The politicians acting like this isn't discrimination that acts against the interests of children are lying or ignorant of the downstream consequences.
  
  Exactly. This is going to lead to taking children out of loving homes.
  And that's by design.
  
  So your argument is completely unqualified conjecture about what a judge might have done differently, given your presumed total lack of legal qualifications?
- Having a non-biological parents recorded on a birth certificate is just about the farthest thing from a right. Quit the bullshit alarmism.

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