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Friday 29 May 2015

Father and son marry after they dissolve adoption

A man who adopted his same-sex partner because they couldn’t legally marry is now the husband of his “son.”

USA Today reports:
Norman MacArthur and Bill Novak spent the past 15 years as father and son in the eyes of the law; they’ll spend the rest of their years as a married couple. The couple, together for more than 50 years, married in Pennsylvania on Sunday, Yahoo News reports. Prior to the ceremony, the men told Patch.com they were “ecstatic beyond belief.”
Novak adopted MacArthur in 2000 after the pair moved from New York to Pennsylvania and realized their legal partnership wouldn’t be recognized.
“The only legal avenue we had in order to be afforded any rights was adoption,” MacArthur says. The “creative” strategy is “entirely understandable,” a lawyer says. “It reflects people’s deep need to protect each other as family.”
When a court agreed to dissolve their adoption this month so the men could marry, “The courtroom burst into applause. I burst into tears,” MacArthur tells the AP.
“They were certainly happy tears. After months of investigating ways that we could do this and finally having the decision coming down in our favor, I’m still walking 3 feet above the ground.”
This first case of an adoption-turned-marriage in the state “removes the hurdle for other people who may be in the same position as Bill and Norm,” the couple’s attorney says. He’s already representing another couple hoping to vacate an adoption in order to tie the knot.

83 comments:

@MEETD®EALEVANS™ said...

PARENTAL ADVISORY!!!
***adult content***



Rubbish

Iam_Blaise said...

This is some serious fuck'd up shit

Unknown said...

Wetin we no go hear for this world...

Bishop Dammy said...

Sin. This is sin at the highest order.. stop homosexuality, stop lesbianism.. embrace true marriage. Preach this friends. 1 cor 6:9

Unknown said...

Interesting! Wish them well

Unknown said...

Madness!!!!

AbokiDaWarriBoy said...

Rotfl, chaii Oghene bikoooooo, wetin we no go hear.na them sabi, whatever makes them happy. Na God be the judge.

AbokiDaWarriBoy said...

Rotfl, chaii Oghene bikoooooo, wetin we no go hear?.na them sabi, whatever makes them happy. Na God be the judge.

Pidgin Mistress said...

Seen. HDD

Unknown said...

Oga ooo

BONARIO NNAGS said...

Ewww! What sort of rubbish is this.
Gradually this people are loosing it, but they do not know. Forget about advancement in technology, these westerners are gradually loosing the ingredient that made them human.

~BONARIO~says so via NOKIA LUMIA

Unknown said...

Mumus! MtchewwW

Roche said...

There's a special place in hell already for these two idiots.
Rubbish .com

Roche said...

There's a special place in hell already for these two idiots.
Rubbish .com

Jules said...

I recommend TB Joshua for them.

Happy democracy / inauguration day y'all!

Mzz_Mary said...

Owkay

Alloy Chikezie said...

Mtcheeeew! Rubbish

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Anonymous said...

LAHANATU LAH ALAY

Unknown said...

Weird!!!


Moye says so via BB Passport...Courtesy LIB......

Unknown said...

What rubbish

JB said...

Wonders will neva cease....ihe n'eme

Unknown said...

End time things. God help us. Linda take note!

Unknown said...

Old fools

Subomi said...

I'm fine staying confused about this

AbokiDaWarriBoy said...

Kikikiki I can imagine libers comments if they were to be Muslims ,OkBye!

AbokiDaWarriBoy said...

Kikikiki I can imagine libers comments if they were to be Muslims ,OkBye!

Anonymous said...

This is serious!

Unknown said...

This is evil, the end is really near, more prayers should be offered for the reparation of sins .homosexuality is sin!!!!

Darkchildlovethyhair said...

Na really end times.
MY
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ary said...

so they have being engaging in incest for more than 30 years?

NaijaDeltaBabe said...

Whites can do anything

ary said...

so they have being engaging in incest for more than 30 years? LOL. And the court didn't see anything in that?!

Unknown said...

Na wah oo..even as dem old finish...Lord have Mercy on us

Anonymous said...

Wait! This people commenting, did you take time to read the story? Nigerians and their dumbness! Tufia! But na Una go dey sleep for U.S embassy for visa oh! Hypocrites!

Anonymous said...

Ewww may God have mercy on the whole world

theYemster said...

Genius. Good luck to them. May we all find happiness wherever it may lie.

Anonymous said...

Juliet Iwuno keep your useless comment to your self

Satirico Giovanile said...

Hmmm! Apparently the world, as we know it, is Shit !!

tolu Adebayo said...

Naa waaaa o

Unknown said...

Mtchewww
Serious rubbish.

Divinelyfavored said...

This is serious!

Unknown said...

Hmmmm..Na waooooo!! Wetin dem go tell God,see their ugly faces. Nonsense

Divinelyfavored said...

This is serious!!!

Unknown said...

You are an Embecel

Unknown said...

Seriously fucked up! This won pass me

Unknown said...

Shut up,u dats always here looking at amber rose,kim kadashian nude pics..no make angel Gabriel send heavenly slap on top ya head

Dobzi fingers said...

No comment

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Divinelyfavored said...

Heard

Unknown said...

Dis is madness, and foolishness@d highest level. Dis act must b condemned bcos its not acceptable to God.

Anonymous said...

Shatap God's secretary...what if they dont bliv in God?
Dont u sin? Are all sins not equal?

Unknown said...

Anyway, evEryman is entitle to their opinion

knowurway.com said...

They are Demons possessed they need help and they need to be delivered or else hell fire strait no mercy

Omobolanle said...

This is total rubbish

knowurway.com said...

U Demons possessed Indira what is interesting here? Or is it becos they re possessed or evil they re doing or what?

Unknown said...

You're f**king kidding me??.....okay na....
Wish father and son but now married all the
best.

Anonymous said...

We are living in the age of science and enlightenment.
Do not permit religious backwardness make you guilty in the suffering of others.

Consider the pheromones and endorphins released when starting a relationship, now consider how hard it is to fight the urges you have in those circumstances of attraction and how uncontrollable they are. Consider the withdrawal you face when those feelings are coming to an end. We refer to them as feelings, but the people we are attracted to are based on chemical reactions, we seek out those that are not offensive to us chemically so to speak.

It's not farfetched since most other animals advertise their sexual availability chemically, though humans seem to pretend not to be aware of these influences on ourselves, even though we are constantly going through hormonal and chemical changes and being bombarded with so many chemicals and chemical signals on a subatomic and subconscious level, that we fail to notice.

Now consider our sexual orientation defined by our chemical make-up at conception, to be what it is, with no fault of ours, and ask yourself, whether it is possible to use one's will power alone to try to challenge something innate.

Furthermore, ask yourself if it would be ethical to do so, to force heterosexuality on others, even if it were possible,...even if we had the know-how.

We are just understanding how pheromones, hormones and chemical signals function and affect us on a day to day basis. We do not know how everything works or interacts, this is why we need to approach certain things with an open mind.

I for one know that my brain will not send arousal signals to any part of me, in response to someone I have no perceived attraction towards. Male, or, female. There will not be any reaction unless I fool my mind into believing it should, and that takes effort.

We all react, naturally to what we are naturally attracted to. It is our nature.

Anonymous said...

Shut up. Forever chasing gay stories. Closet case that you are. Do not listen to this fake, referring to women as sluts! Don't think we have forgotten.

Anonymous said...

Straight to hell! No branching

Official ThEEyah said...

This is totally ABSURD !!!....Are there really christians in the States???
I can't believe this,NOPE I can't.
#Feeling very uncomfortable

Official ThEEyah said...

OMG !!!...
Are there TRUE christians in the States at all???...This is totally ABSURD!!!

Anonymous said...

Gay couples, are not afforded rights as heterosexual couples. In the case of these two men, being together in a relationship for 50 years, if one partner dies or is unwell, without rights, the living partner would not be recognised as next of kin.

This means that unless the surviving partner is recognized in one easy or another as a legal partner, assets and interest will be deferred to those who may not be entitled by principle.

By recognizing gay unions, the law ensures due process and the protection afforded heterosexuals by law.

This is good. Gay marriage is a protection against unequal practices.

Anonymous said...

God have mercy on us all

Anonymous said...

The both of them are old so who is the father and who is this son? I don't understand this at all

Manuel Kunmi said...

Sicktards

Unknown said...

Nonsense

Unknown said...

Stale news. I'll spit on them if I have the chance to. Disgusting mofos.









Busy Fingers.

Anonymous said...

Lord have mercy

Unknown said...

Say wat?

Anonymous said...

Sick and convoluted way to declare their love but whatever. When it comes to supporting anything gay, common sense goes out the window. Really, adopt your lover as your son? That's going too far.

Unknown said...

Dis oyibo men are really insane

Unknown said...

To each his own, may God have mercy on them.

Anonymous said...

Consider the pheromones and endorphins released when starting a relationship, now consider how hard it is to fight the urges you have in those circumstances of attraction and how uncontrollable they are. Consider the withdrawal you face when those feelings are coming to an end. We refer to them as feelings, but the people we are attracted to are based on chemical reactions, we seek out those that are not offensive to us chemically so to speak.

It's not farfetched since most other animals advertise their sexual availability chemically, though humans seem to pretend not to be aware of these influences on ourselves, even though we are constantly going through hormonal and chemical changes and being bombarded with so many chemicals and chemical signals on a subatomic and subconscious level, that we fail to notice.

Now consider our sexual orientation defined by our chemical make-up at conception, to be what it is, with no fault of ours, and ask yourself, whether it is possible to use one's will power alone to try to challenge something innate.

Furthermore, ask yourself if it would be ethical to do so.

We are just understanding how pheromones, hormones and chemical signals function and affect us on a day to day basis. We do not know how everything works or interacts, this is why we need to approach certain things with an open mind.

I for one know that my brain will not send arousal signals to any part of me, in response to someone I have no perceived attraction towards. Male, or, female. There will not be any reaction unless I fool my mind into believing it should, and that takes effort.

We all react, naturally to what we are naturally attracted to. It is our nature.

Anonymous said...

You fail to see the rational. It's a mere legal arrangement.

Unknown said...

Ndi ala na abo.....mstwwwwwwww



#TeamBlessed#

Orimolade said...

Abeg sharrap dia! Marriage is between a man and a woman not this nonsense! Who's going to read this stupid epistle you wrote on here?? Mstcheww!!!

Orimolade said...

It's 'Imbecile' @ Samuel Alison.

Orimolade said...

It's 'Imbecile' @ Samuel Alison.

Anonymous said...

Epistle... At least you can spell, your lack of comprehension shows how small minded and ignorant you are.

There is no need trying to rationalise with an imbecile. It's a crying shame that we clamour for change and yet we refuse to change ourselves.

There is no hope for the hopeless.

tunmi said...

They are NOT related. They are NOT related. It is merely a legal arrangement not a biological one

Anonymous said...

Stupid old men...repent already!!

Anonymous said...

Two fools. Look at their age. Them go soon die let me see what they will tell God. Rubbish

Anonymous said...

Unfortunately we don't share your opinions on hormones and pheromone so kip to yourself. God made woman for man and not man for man or woman for woman. I pray that you will come out of that sin...Come to Jesus.

Unknown said...

Crazy

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