adopted child doe. a same-sex couple in new york adopted cooper in ohio and the court would not recognize both men on his birth certificate. they refused the birth certificate from ohio and that s why they joined this case, which means now ohio will be able to issue them legally a birth certificate for their child with both their names on that birth certificate. msnbc justice is here. gentlemen, are you both surprised we got this today and not monday? a little. i guess yes. this term breaks the rule that the big decisions always come on the last day. because we know there is at least one more day for decisions, and that s monday and we got the health care decision yesterday, this one today. so monday is going to be very much of an anti-climax. so yes, surprised about today, but no not surprised about the decision for a couple of reasons, thomas.