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I was in San Francisco over last weekend. On the way to the hotel, the crew van took us past city hall (county hall, actually) and the line for certs was around the block.

The next morning, on the second page of the paper, was the ongoing story about the mayor bravely standing up to the religious right and for the freedom of San Franciscans. Buried under that story was a little article about a gay couple that was in court suing each other over the custody of twin daughters. The eggs were from one woman, and the other woman carried the fertilized (somehow) eggs to term, and gave birth. They had split up 2 months later, and were fighting over the girls.

The courts were trying to figure out how to deal with this. The usual routine was to give more weight to the birth mother, but in this case, the other partner had a DNA match with the girls that the birth mother did not.

OK, when someone says how could this gay marriage thing blow up in our faces, here is your cocktail party story.

BTW, the case is unresolved. The girls are in foster care, as both of the 'parents' have alledged abuse. Who do you suppose is paying for all of this?