Lambda Legal Defends Lesbian Mother in Ohio Custody Case

(Cleveland, Ohio, January 21, 2009) -- In court papers submitted in the Ohio Eighth District Court of Appeals, Lambda Legal defended a lesbian mother in her fight to continue to parent her 11 and 8 year old sons. "These children have a right to the love and support of both of their parents," said Camilla Taylor Senior Staff Attorney in Lambda Legal's Midwest Regional Office in Chicago. "The Ohio Supreme Court already has said that Ohio's antigay constitutional amendment does not prevent a same-sex couple from sharing custody of the children they are rearing together. We shouldn't have to address this hurtful and discriminatory argument any longer. Full story...