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Article: Oklahoma health department to issue birth certificates to same-sex couples.
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- Health & Medicine Week
- Article date:
- April 26, 2004
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2004 APR 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- All Ed Swaya wants from the state of Oklahoma is a birth certificate for his 2-year-old daughter with his name on it.
After more than a year of requests and legal wrangling, it appears the Washington state resident will get his wish.
The Oklahoma State Department of Health confirmed April 5, 2004, it has started issuing birth certificates to same-gender couples in other states who adopt children in Oklahoma. The department's decision comes after an opinion issued by Attorney General Drew Edmondson required the state to recognize adoptions in other states, regardless of whether they involve same-sex couples.
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