Gay Couple Sues State Dept. After One Twin's U.S. Citizenship Denied

by Associated Press and Brooke Sopelsa

Ethan and Aiden Dvash-Banks are toddler twins who share almost everything: the same toys, the same nursery, the same clothes and the same parents. Everything but a toothbrush and U.S. citizenship.

To remedy what their parents, a same-sex married couple, view as an injustice, Ethan Dvash-Banks became a plaintiff at the tender age of 16 months in a federal lawsuit against the U.S. State Department that seeks the same rights his brother has as an American citizen.

Each boy was conceived with donor eggs and the sperm from a different father — one an American, the other an Israeli citizen — but born by the same surrogate mother minutes apart.

“What we’re trying to do is pursue justice for Ethan,” said Elad Dvash-Banks, Ethan’s biological dad, “and correct a wrong that the State Department is continuing to pursue that might affect other couples.”

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Source: NBC News