Another First for Same-Sex Couples in DC

I'm so proud of my city!!!

Lesbians in the District will no longer have to adopt children born to their partners through artificial insemination with their written consent under a new law that went into effect on Saturday.

The name of a consenting spouse or unmarried partner will appear on the child's birth certificate as the legal parent -- a status that previously had to be obtained by same-sex parents through a complicated adoption process.

The Domestic Partnership Judicial Determination Parentage Act of 2009 puts the city out front when it comes to children born of same-sex parents.

Complete story is at the Washington Post - I can't paste the link because Blogger is saying it has illegal characters (Could it be the 'sex'?) Here is the link, copy and paste:

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/dc/2009/07/another_first_for_same-sex_cou.html?hpid=news-col-blog