Phillip Luehl is fighting to bring twin girls born to a South African surrogate mother home to NamibiaWINDHOEK - On a calm autumn afternoon, newborn twins Maya and Paula lay peacefully on a mattress at a Johannesburg house, blissfully taking turns to bottle-feed and nap, oblivious of the uncertainty over their citizenship status.
They have demanded proof of a biological connection to the infants on the part of the parents, 38-year-old Phillip Luehl and his partner Guillermo Delgado, 36. Before the babies arrived, the couple had applied for papers to ensure they would be able to travel home to Namibia shortly after birth.For now the gay couple's daughters are stuck in JohannesburgNow"I'm here in South Africa with the girls and cannot travel, cannot enter Namibia," he said as the girls' 70-year-old grandmother, Frauke Luehl, bottle-fed one while the other slept.
At the time, a crowd of activists rallied at a picket outside the court building in support of the twins.
Looking for attention they knew the law...