The Supreme Court on Tuesday announced without comment that it would not hear the gay adoption case of Oren Adar and Mickey Ray Smith, Courthouse News reported.
The decision means the end of the road for the gay couple's fight to be listed as parents on the Louisiana birth certificate of their adopted six-year-old son, identified in court documents only as “J.C.”
According to Louisiana law, only married couples may jointly adopt a child. Unmarried couples must choose a single-parent adoption. The law disproportionately affects gay and lesbian couples who are banned from marring in Louisiana.
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