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Canada says a child can have 3 parents...have we gone too far? (pg. 2)
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| Zeidoo |
| quote: | Originally posted by 2famous4u
ok this thread has gone no where as you can tell by the rolling eyes in the last 6 or so comments.. lol |
Not really. I was in nowhere on Monday night. It doesn't look like this, it's significantly darker. |
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| 2famous4u |
| quote: | Originally posted by Zeidoo
Not really. I was in nowhere on Monday night. It doesn't look like this, it's significantly darker. |
bahahah |
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| riskytrader |
The only real concern I now have with this law is how this may affect parents in the future in regards to step-parents. In one sense now a non-biological parent of a child may want to pursue the parental status of the child with the person they newly married. If they then get divorced it could continue on and on.
i.e. Mr. Smith and Ms. Brown are married and have a baby. They divorce and Ms. Brown marries Mr. Black who now is helping to raise the child and files to adopt the child...I see no real difference here between him wanting to be a parent and the two lesbian mothers. What if Mr. Black and Ms. Brown then divorce (does the parent ruling go too)?
Just a thought. I haven't had a coffee yet so keep that in mind ;) |
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| Abercrombie |
| Too much social experimentation based on political correctness in Canada IMO |
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| starsearcher |
I don't know...I guess I just think of it in a somewhat old fashioned type way perhaps...but each person has a mother and a father - that's just biological, social norms and everything else aside. I guess adopted kids can call their parents moms and dads even though they are not biological...but i think that legally having 2 moms and a dad or 2 dads and a mom is kind of strange...socially I see nothing wrong with it I guess, but the fact that it's a law makes it more serious.
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And more headaches for the poor kid :p...hard enough to deal with 2 parents now he'll have 3 lol :p |
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| MarkT |
| quote: | The biological father, named on the boy's birth certificate, is a friend of both women and is taking an active role in the child's life.
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The two women, who have been together since 1990, told the court they did not want to adopt the child because it meant the father would lose his status as a parent. |
Those two lines spell it out quite clearly...this is ALL about child's well being AND protecting the parental rights of all three parents.
I think there is too much focus on the gay/lesbian angle in this case, which is why it feels "weird" for some people. If people are *truly* concerned about what is best for a child, while respecting the rights of both biological and non-biological parents, it strikes me as rather odd that they would not wholeheartedly support this decision. |
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| starsearcher |
| quote: | Originally posted by MarkT
Those two lines spell it out quite clearly...this is ALL about child's well being AND protecting the parental rights of all three parents.
I think there is too much focus on the gay/lesbian angle in this case, which is why it feels "weird" for some people. If people are *truly* concerned about what is best for a child, while respecting the rights of both biological and non-biological parents, it strikes me as rather odd that they would not wholeheartedly support this decision. |
I don't know if this is really best for the child though...it's hard enough growing up when your parents are gay I'm sure, and then you legally have 3...there are lots of mean people out there that will surely make his life difficult not to mention he might he confused himself. I'm not a psychologist though so I can't really comment professionally but i think it's making a bigger mess. |
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| MarkT |
just because it's "hard" doesn't mean it's not what's best for the child.
is it better to have two caring gay parents or to grow up in a single parent family...or one where the parents are in a loveless (perhaps abusive) relationship?
is it better that the non-biological mother not have any legal decision-making authority over the child, if something happens to either/both of the natural parents?
is it better if the non-biological mother simply decided to adopt the child and strip the biological father of his parental status?
I can't say *for sure* either...but this decision seems to make a lot of sense for that particular family. |
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| Rodrico |
| quote: | Originally posted by starsearcher
I'm not a psychologist though so I can't really comment professionally |
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| RapidFire |
| ya thats pretty ed up |
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