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"It's astonishing that in our country, in 2014, loving parents can still be denied basic legal protections for their own children," said GLAAD President & CEO Sarah Kate Ellis. GLAAD is working closely with Joe and Jason to ensure their story is heard far and wide, advocating for the protection of LGBT families in Texas and across the country. Because Texas does not recognize Jason and Joe's marriage, says the couple, second-parent adoption is much harder to achieve. In Texas, as in 17 other states, the law is "unclear" as to whether LGBT parents can jointly adopt, meaning such family protections vary from judge to judge or county to county. The judge has denied the family both requests. They petitioned a judge in Fort Worth to add each of their names to their biological sons' birth certificates and to cross-adopt, or second-parent adopt, the boys. Neither Jason nor Joe are listed as fathers on either of their sons' birth certificates, which the men have not been able to see. However, the state of Texas refuses to acknowledge them as such.
The fathers and their boys make up a loving family. Jason and Joe each biologically fathered one of the twins, and the boys-who are half-brothers-share an egg donor. This was her fourth surrogacy, but her first time working with a gay couple, and the three were thrilled to join together. Since then, they took further steps to make their dream family a reality by connecting with CharLynn, the woman who would become their surrogate. A couple of six years based in Dallas, the two married last year in Washington DC. In many ways, Jason and Joe have the makings of a picture-perfect family. The celebration was marred, though, as a family court judge recently denied them the legal protections needed for their family. Over the weekend, Jason Hanna and Joe Riggs celebrated their first Fathers' Day as parents with their month-old twin boys, Lucas and Ethan.