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gay adoption [debate]
Ok, I hadn't thought about this much until wednesday night when i saw an episode of law & order SVU;
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0629609/
basic idea was a little girl who had a gay mother was being bullied in a catholic school & attacked a lad who'd been bullying her. It came down to a case of the lawyer poisoning the grandparents of the girl to testify that her guardian (mums gf) had abused her & raised many issues. I turned over from this to the news to see that the catholic church is having a huge row on gay adoption & how it was being seen as government vs church.
the news story i found behind it
ow Over Gay Adoption
Updated: 21:42, Tuesday January 23, 2007
Catholic adoption agencies could be forced to close if they are made to comply with new gay rights laws.
Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, the head of the Catholic church in England and Wales, has said Christian teaching prevents its agencies placing children with homosexuals.
But Tony Blair said the Government had yet to make up its mind on the issue.
Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor is asking for an exemption from laws banning discrimination against gay people.
Both Mr Blair and communities minister Ruth Kelly - a prominent Catholic - are reported to favour an opt-out that would allow the church's adoption services to turn away gay couples.
But the Lord Chancellor, Lord Falconer, has insisted it is "difficult to see" how an exemption could be justified.
"I don't want to see any adoption agencies, which do a very good job, closing," he told BBC Radio 4.
"But we've committed ourselves to anti-discrimination law - on the grounds of sexual orientation - and it's extremely difficult to see how you can be excused on the grounds of religion."
He added: "If we take the view that we shouldn't discriminate against people who are homosexual, you can't give exclusions to people on the grounds that their religion or their race says 'we don't agree with that'."
Asked about reports that Mr Blair backed the church's stance, he said simply: "The Cabinet has got to make a conclusion about it, but what I set out is the principles which should be applied."
just wondering what people thought (I would ask this in pdd but it'd probably turn into a debate about some sort of american conspiracy or something  )
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