Posted on 06/20/2004 3:43:27 PM PDT by RockDoc
The two Lexington gay men who made worldwide news by parenting quadruplets and then a fifth child have separated amid allegations of domestic violence that a judge dismissed, according to court records.
Lexington attorney Michael Meehan declined to comment yesterday on Fayette Circuit Family Court Judge Kim Bunnell's decision earlier this month to reject his petition for a domestic violence order against his former partner Thomas Dysarz.
Bunnell ruled on June 1 that there was "insufficient evidence" to issue a domestic violence order. Such an order would have put restrictions on Dysarz's interaction with Meehan. Court records show separate addresses for the men.
Meehan has custody of his biological children -- the quadruplets born to Meehan and surrogate mother Brooke Verity on July 26, 2002.
Dysarz, who has custody of his biological child, Brandon Lane Dysarz, born in January, declined to comment yesterday.
Brooke Verity, the surrogate mother who gave birth to all five children, could not be reached for comment.
Verity, who has three children of her own, initially agreed to conceive a child with Meehan because she thought he and Dysarz would be good parents, she has said.
Verity and the men have faced several challenges since deciding to have the babies.
In November 2002, anti-gay Kansas minister Fred Phelps traveled to Lexington to protest the quadruplets' baptism at the Cathedral of Christ the King.
In response to Phelps' protest, some Central Kentucky residents rallied around the men and launched a counter-demonstration, Rally for a Hate-Free Lexington.
Last year, Verity tried unsuccessfully in Jessamine County Circuit Court to terminate her parental rights to the quadruplets.
An attorney appointed by the court to represent the quadruplets said in a report that Verity should remain their legal mother.
The attorney's report said the babies need a mother and a father. It disagreed with Verity's decision that Meehan and Dysarz would be the quadruplets' parents.
Earlier this year, Verity gave birth to Dysarz's biological child. She said she entered into another in-vitro pregnancy so that all the children could be biological siblings.
"I also know gay men who are in monogamous long-term relationships. One couple I know has little to do with 'mainstream' gay culture, because it is so unhealthy."
Want an eye-opener? Pay a 14 year old boy to come on to one of them sometime.
"I have trouble reconciling my understanding of the Scriptures with my friends' lifestyle, but I am willing to let them make their own moral choice -- we will all stand before God in the end."
Friends don't let friends condemn themselves to Hell. Rebuking sinners is one of the seven spiritual acts of mercy.
My gawd, do you suppose she was breeding babies for the money?
That's a funny joke. I think the Gay men who have been together for a long time, like my friends, were Gay before it was fashionable and really had to go through a lot of crap. You're right though, the ones who have been together for a long time are quiet about it because it truly is their business, not mine. I agree with you.
I was wrong - it was quadruplets, not quints. But the point is the same. And if was in vitro, eh? Sick drama, all around. To bring children into the world for those purposes is pure evil.
"He's a propaganda tool of the gaystapo--the perfect straw man."
That's a fascinating notion. Is there anything to back it up?
She certainly should be paying child support for all 5 children --- non-custodial fathers don't get to get out of that --- any parent who abuses or neglects their children should have to undergo sterilization.
Typical PC gobble-di-gook!!! It's hateful for a Christian minister to openly disagree with the bastardization of his faith??!!??!! I'm embarrassed and disapointed in our diocese of Lexington.
Before you defend Fred Phelps, find out what he's all about. There are links upthread.
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Heartwarming. Stop the world I want to get off.
FYI, in vitro fertilization almost never results in high order multiples -- twins often, and in very rare cases triples. But when you see 3 or more, it's almost always the result of using fertility drugs WITHOUT in vitro fertilization. With IVF, doctors strictly limit the number of embryos transferred to the uterus -- if there are a lot of extras, they're generally frozen for future use or donation. With drugs alone, many eggs can be released, and thus many can be fertilized in utero, resulting in the high order multiples.
Thanks!
this story makes me sick man! Any surrogate parent whom nominates himself/herself to help parent children for homosexuals shall be blighted as sinners and condemned for prommelgating the homosexual agenda and bringing "orphans" to the homosexual agenda i.e little boys and girls who shall be confused and unwise to traditional families, may God forgive these wicked souls!
bump with no comment
I can try to answer some of your questions.
I would be happy to try to answer all of your questions but I probably won't be on line until tomarrow. Have a good night:-}
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