Can I ask two men to be godparents to my child?

[paul_rost]

My Catholic parish will not allow my wife and I to select both of our respective brothers to be the godfathers for our baby boy. Why?

 

[Michelle_Arnold]

Here is the requirement of the Code of Canon Law on the matter of baptismal sponsors:

One sponsor, male or female, is sufficient; but there may be two, one of each sex (canon 873).

While you need not invite a woman to be a godmother to your child and may simply have one man be the child’s godfather, if you have two godparents then they must be a man and a woman.