Supreme Court Refuses Gay Parent Case

[davidinalameda]

http://www.365gay.com/Newscon06/05/051506parent.htm

The Supreme Court refused Monday to block a gay woman from seeking parental rights to a child she had helped raise with her partner.
Justices could have used the case to clarify the rights of gays in child custody disputes stemming from nontraditional families.

They declined, without comment, to disturb a ruling of Washington state's highest court that said Sue Ellen Carvin could pursue ties to the girl as a "de facto parent." The girl is now 11.

The case had brought a contentious issue to a court that has shied away from gay rights disputes.

[Ian David]

1. I think this is good news, yes?

The court let stand the lower court ruling in favor of the gay mother?

But I think this means that the court wants to bide its time until it gets one more conservative judge before a chance to rule on Roe v. Wade.

They're keeping their heads down until Bush gets a chance for a new appointment.