Glancing through the news a few days ago, one particular noticia caught my eye. Julieta Venegas, the renowned Mexican-American singer has been raising her daughter Simona as a single mom for three years now. But recently, Rodrigo Garcia Prieto, Simona’s biological father, is seeking legal action to gain custody of his daughter. DNA tests have proven him to be her biological father, and the Mexican court is now granting him joint custody, requiring that Venegas “acknowledge him as the father, and that the child carry his name.”

This could be a good thing. Non-abusive, loving fathers should have just as much right to be in the lives of their children as mothers. What made me blink was the news ...