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"Bigoted Pediatrician"
Posted by: Kevin Costello
April 10, 2008

I had a same sex female couple come in to my office to see my partner and I the other day. They had a beautiful little girl who was only a few weeks old. They live in New Jersey. Bear that in mind as I tell you the story, because, while this story's facts might not be shocking in more backward thinking and ignorant parts of the United States, it is particularly shocking having taken place in New Jersey.

These ladies went to a pediatrician. Now, whether or not this new pediatrician knew that this was a same sex couple is open to debate, but be that as it may, they made an appointment for the little one's vaccinations.

When they went to the doctor's office, the doctor asked them who the mom was, and then who the father was. The couple replied that there was no father, but that the baby had been conceived through artificial insemination, and the birth mom indicated that her same sex partner was the baby's other parent.

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