Grandma's House

Picture this: A couple fall in love and decide to have a child. Just before the child is born, they break up. Wouldn't you expect some form of child support would be forthcoming to the woman raising the child? Don't be so sure. According to this story on MSNBC, a court has ruled that a lesbian woman doesn't have to pay child support. According to the Massachusetts Supreme Court, the informal agreement between the women to have a child does not constitute an enforceable contract. This is, to put it nicely, horse hockey! How many men are, at this very moment, supporting children they didn't even want. They never made any type of agreement to have a child, yet they are forced, by law, to cough up hard earned money.

Don't get me wrong. I'm all for child support; in fact, my daughter's ex-boyfriend is on my last nerve right now cause he hasn't paid anything since May. But I'm also for equal protection under the law. If this woman doesn't have to pay, why should anyone?

Thoughts, anybody?