It's just a very small step in the long journey of parenting.

Here's an important, though rarely discussed, aspect of same-sex parenting.

Standing in the shadows next to happy couples celebrating their love and marriage benefits is something no one wants to talk about: in establishing a legal foundation for marriages that last, the marriage equality movement also has laid a safe, clear, and legal path for those people like Tracie and me, who have decided to divorce.

The couple sued after hospital staff refused to list both moms on birth certificate after their child was born.