In last year’s US presidential election, Republican VP candidate Paul Ryan was something of a poster boy for Catholic politicians in favour with the bishops and Catholic orthodoxy. That makes it all the more significant for queer Catholics, that he…
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The Conservative, Catholic Case for Gay Adoption
Catholic bishops regularly reminded us that in matters of adoption, what matters most is the “best interests of the child”, and not principles of equality or rights of the adoptive parents. I agree completely. The tragedy is that too often,…
Surging Catholic Support for Gay Marriage, Gay Adoption (US)
New research by the Pew Forum on religion and public life has confirmed once again that the tide of opinion is moving inexorably in favour of gay marriage. In 2oo4, supporters were outnumbered by opponents, by almost two to one…
Celebrate the Value of Gay Parents
I don’t need formal research to tell me that gay men and lesbians make good parents: I know it on the grounds of my own success (affirmed by my daughters), and the public testimony of one of them: Gay parents?…
Gay Unions: Small Victory in Liechtenstein: Voters Resist Church Pressure
This is a small victory, in a small country: but another black eye for the religious right and some Catholic groups, who fought it tooth and nail. (Without their opposition, it would not have gone to a referendum in the…
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Announces Gay Adoption Support: Bill Picks Up First GOP Cosponsor
Catholic bishops may believe that it is possible to serve the best interests of the child by artificially restricting the pool of potential adoptive parents, but at least one Republican congressional rep has seen the flaw in that argument. The…
Rockford Catholic Diocese Abandons “Best Interests of the Child” for Religious Ideology
Rockford Diocese is to shut down its adoption services, rather than comply with state law on equal treatment for prospective same – sex couples. The National Catholic Register has a headline suggesting that the withdrawal of public funding for these…
Arkansas Court Confirms: Gay Adoption Strengthens Families.
In another courtroom victory for queer families, the Arkansas Supreme Court has struck down a state law which prevents unmarried couples from adopting children. Although the legislation does not differentiate between same sex and opposite sex couples, the effect (and…
Expert View on Gay Adoption: Beneficiaries are the Children.
Opponents of LGBT adoption regularly argue (correctly) that this is not a matter of gay/lesbian rights, but of the best interests of the children. Where they go wrong, is in making the false assumption that the best interests of the…
Gay Adoption: The Best Interests of Children, and the Question of Evidence (Again)
Last week’s appeals court decision that threw out the Florida ban on gay adoption has once again highlighted the idiocy of attempting to promote the interests of children by arbitrarily declaring one entire class of people necessarily superior as parents…
