Judge orders U.S. State Department to issue passport to daughter of married same-sex couple

A federal judge this week ordered the State Department to recognise the birthright citizenship of a married same-sex couple's baby daughter who was born in Canada and grant her a U.S. passport.

The ruling issued Wednesday found that the department’s refusal to grant Roee and Adiel Kiviti‘s daughter, Kessem, a passport “contravenes the United States Constitution, the Immigration and Nationality Act … and the Administrative Procedure Act’, CNN reports.