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Apr. 15th, 2015
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TV writers....
Apr. 15th, 2015 01:55 am... really need to do their research.
Tonight's NCIS: New Orleans has a baby getting kidnapped. the parents are a married gay couple. One of whom is in the Navy (not sure about the other).
Just a *minor* little problem.
In Louisiana, gay marriage is illegal. So is adoption by gays.
So the NOPD *wouldn't* be cheerfully supporting NCIS in the search. even if the officers involved were sympathetic, *legally* there'd be all sorts of problems.
But the episode doesn't have a hint of the fact that there'd be any problems with the marriage or the adoption (and from the storyline, the adoption *was* done in the state).
So while it's nice to have a storyline involving a couple of dedicated gay dads and their daughter, it is ignoring the not *remotely* "minor" issue that they could *have* the kid legally in that state, nor would the state recognize that they were married.
NCIS: LA, it'd work. Original NCIS, maybe. But NCIS: New Orleans? Not a chance.
Tonight's NCIS: New Orleans has a baby getting kidnapped. the parents are a married gay couple. One of whom is in the Navy (not sure about the other).
Just a *minor* little problem.
In Louisiana, gay marriage is illegal. So is adoption by gays.
So the NOPD *wouldn't* be cheerfully supporting NCIS in the search. even if the officers involved were sympathetic, *legally* there'd be all sorts of problems.
But the episode doesn't have a hint of the fact that there'd be any problems with the marriage or the adoption (and from the storyline, the adoption *was* done in the state).
So while it's nice to have a storyline involving a couple of dedicated gay dads and their daughter, it is ignoring the not *remotely* "minor" issue that they could *have* the kid legally in that state, nor would the state recognize that they were married.
NCIS: LA, it'd work. Original NCIS, maybe. But NCIS: New Orleans? Not a chance.