Over the weekend, Jason Hanna and Joe Riggs celebrated their first Fathers' Day as parents with their month-old twin boys, Lucas and Ethan. The celebration was marred, though, as a family court judge recently denied them the legal protections needed for their family.

Jason and Joe each biologically fathered one of the twins, and the boys—who are half-brothers—share an egg donor. The fathers and their boys make up a loving family. However, the state of Texas refuses to acknowledge them as such.

Neither Jason nor Joe are listed as fathers on either of their sons' birth certificates, which the men have not been able to see. They petitioned a judge in Fort Worth to add each of their names to their biological sons' birth certificates and to cross-adopt, or second-parent adopt, the boys. The judge has denied the family both requests.

Full article: http://www.glaad.org/blog/video-texa...-own-twin-sons

This can't be legal can it?

How are they gonna do that when they are literally the biological parents of these children? Is that even legal to deny parentage to a biological parent like that?

Wow.

What?

Wtf..

they're so hot tbh

Bitch listen I would be up in Obama's White House with this article printed in hand. That's how serious it's getting.

Um wtf? That's illegal

How are you going to tell someone that their BIOLOGICAL children isn't theirs? wtf

Are they not being recognized as the fathers of their biological children as well? The whole thing is f****d up

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not surprised...this IS Texas

If they are BIOLOGICAL parents, then they can't do that, their names must be in the birth certificate.

Obviously they'll win in the end, sad they have to go through this though

Y'all need to read for ****'s sake.

The guy on the left's biceps

But seriously this is horrible Not surprised, it is Texas.. Hope this family gets everything sorted out