Same-sex parent lawsuit confuses all

When sperm and egg unite, there is a new DNA, a new human being, a new person with a unique genetic code. Life begins at fertilization. This is a scientific fact! The child has characteristics of both parents. There are aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents and other ancestors in the family bloodline. My dictionary says a parent is a father or a mother.

In the “Same-sex parents win lawsuit” case (Des Moines Register, Jan. 5), District Judge Eliza Ovrom ruled their child's birth certificate should list both women as legal parents.

This child has no characteristics of Melissa Gartner (who is just pretending to be a mother and father) and there is no family bloodline, only characteristics of Heather Gartner and the sperm donor.

The judge is confused, the child will be confused, the Department of Public Health is confused and the case causes the whole State of Iowa to be confused.

“Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools.” Romans 1:22.

Donna Holman

Keokuk