LoginWorth a Read - Why Marriage Rights might NOT be overturned
We (Marianne & Cindy), the founders of RainbowWeddingNetwork.com, held our commitment ceremony in August 2000. It was not legally recognized. In 2006, we adopted our first child, a newborn, and both of us were in the delivery room. Only I (Marianne) could legally adopt her as a single parent. In 2008, we were able to tie the knot in Malibu CA, and our union was in fact recognized by that state, but my wife Cindy could not, in our home state, move forward with a second-parent adoption of our daughter. After 2014, our marriage was recognized by our home state of N. Carolina, and with that Cindy could also adopt our child. After the Obergefell Decision in 2015, our union was finally acknowledged at the federal level; all at once we could file both our state and federal taxes as a married couple, and no longer juggle those kinds of documents because of mismatched recognition status. In 2017, we adopted another child; this adoption was from the beginning permitted to be processed in both our names, as co-parents to this little girl.
We have lived that roller coaster ride, to be sure. And it has had its effects on our two children, emotionally, financially and otherwise. This article, with words from former Justice Kennedy, are heartening to say the least. May his thoughts about the matter hold true.
Justice Anthony Kennedy, retired., wrote the opinion legalizing same-sex marriage. Here’s why he says it won’t be overturned.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/09/politics/anthony-kennedy-obergefell-same-sex-marriage-adoption-supreme-court-overturn
