Reply #73: Jerry Falwell on lesbian artificial insemination...May 2005...

[Junkdrawer]

The situational ethics of modern society has brought about a new legal problem. Here's the scenario:

A young woman from Virginia, Lisa Miller, participates in a civil union with her partner, also a Virginia resident, in a Vermont ceremony in 2000. Later, Lisa undergoes artificial insemination and gives birth to a daughter she names Isabella. The two women then move to Vermont. But Lisa is uneasy with her lifestyle and undergoes a spiritual rebirth. In her new life as a Christian, she breaks off the relationship and seeks to find a foundation for her faith back with her family in Virginia.

But Lisa's story does not end there.

Back in Vermont, the former partner decides she wants custody of the baby. She files a complaint to establish "parent-child contact." Lisa files an action in Virginia to determine parentage. Frederick (Va.) County Judge John R. Prosser issues an order determining Lisa to be the "sole parent," saying state law rules out recognition of same-sex unions.

However, last September a Vermont family court judge says his court has jurisdiction over the custody dispute and finds Lisa in contempt of court for disallowing the former partner to visit the child (now 2-years old).

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Whatever the outcome – and I certainly pray that Lisa Miller wins sole custody of her baby – it is evident that our nation has arrived at a new slippery slope brought about by those who see moral law as a playground where they create their own rules and regulations that are based on nothing but irresponsible quirks and fads.

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