Update: two fathers listed on birth certificate, appeal [lawsuit]

I reported earlier about an order requiring that two fathers be listed on a birth certificate.

The state is now appealing that decision:

Louisiana officials said Wednesday they plan to appeal a federal judge's order to put the names of two adoptive fathers on the birth certificate of their Louisiana-born son.

"The District Court has ordered Louisiana to do more than what the Constitution requires, and we will ask a federal court of appeals to correct that mistake," state Health Secretary Alan Levine said. . . . "We must respectfully disagree with the idea that New York's adoption law controls how Louisiana administers its own registry of birth certificates and other vital records," Levine said in a statement e-mailed late Tuesday.

Posted by MBC at January 2, 2009 10:46 AM