Utah Enforcing it's Law

Recently, in the state of Utah, a Lesbian couple is dealing with a stressful situation. According to the recent article, "Utah Judge Drops Order on Lesbians' Foster Child," they are facing the possibility of losing their foster child because of state regulations, The article was published by the New York Times on November 13, 2015. In the article, Judge Scott N. Johansen ordered that the "child be taken away from the parents because it was, "not in the best interest of children to be raised by same-sex couples." However, the judge "temporarily reversed his order and allowed the child to stay with the parents, but claims the matter is not settled." The child that is involved in the situation is a 9 month old baby girl. If you look at the Judge's perspective, the child would grow up with the beliefs of the parents and more than likely may be lesbian. This is due to the fact that her parents are both woman. So, the Judge is only looking out for the child's best interest and wants her to grow up in the situation she so happened to fall into. If you take a look at a situation from the other person's shoes, you find yourself understanding a bit more of their beliefs, and where they are coming from. Moreover, the hearing was scheduled for today and there has not yet been any announcements made yet on the result. Another reason this situation happened to take place, was because, "Gay Activists argued.. the right to marry plainly confers the same rights as other married couples have..." (Utah Judge Drops Order on Lesbians' Foster Child). The Judge Anthony M. Kennedy responded by, "specifically listing adoption among the rights associated with marriage... and wrote children were harmed when their parents' unions weren't recognized."(Utah Judge Drops Order on Lesbians' Foster Child). Thus, the effect this had was that, Same-Sex couples were rejected from being able to adopt a child. Over time, states started being less lenient and stopped enforcing this law of banning Same-Sex couples from adopting. However, as listed in the article, some states still enforce this law such as Mississippi and Nebraska, but "Nebraska no longer enforces it" (Utah Judge Drops Order on Lesbians' Foster Child). Hopefully the couple can keep their foster child, if not, who knows, maybe in the future this rule may be overturned officially instead of temporarily.