The Catholic church should be allowed to ny same-sex upl the right to adopt. So says Cardal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor. Kate Hilpern, who helps to place children new hom, and was adopted herself, explas why he's wrong. And five gay parents share their experienc of brgg up a fay
Contents:
- GAY ADOPTN: WHAT ARE MY OPTNS?
- GAY ADOPTN: TE STORI
- LBIAN AND GAY FOSTERG AND ADOPTN : EXTRAORDARY YET ORDARY
- BRA'S GAY ADOPTN DEBATE
- GAY MOSW · CY GUI
GAY ADOPTN: WHAT ARE MY OPTNS?
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GAY ADOPTN: TE STORI
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Prentg a llectn of personal acunts of lbian and gay parents om many different social and ethnic backgrounds, is signed to dispel misnceptns and enurage gay men and lbians who are thkg about adoptg or fosterg children. Siarly, if a gay uple choos IVF wh one of their sperm, then the donor om that uple is only the legal parent if the birth mother is NOT married or a civil partnership.
LBIAN AND GAY FOSTERG AND ADOPTN : EXTRAORDARY YET ORDARY
LGBT Rights Uned Kgdom: homosexualy, gay marriage, gay adoptn, servg the ary, sexual orientatn discrimatn protectn, changg legal genr, donatg blood, age of nsent, and more. * gay adoption great britain *
Approval fell the 1980s when the Aids crisis and the troductn of sectn 28 - a law prohibg the promotn or teachg of homosexualy schools - uld have swayed public opn acrdg to NatCen, the thk tank which ns the a steady and rapid rise om the early 1990s reflects a wir trend of social liberalisatn, somethg also seen changg attus to pre-maral sex. Approval of pre-maral sex grew ially among the young - as they got olr they retaed that belief, and soon both old and young were more liberal on the same-sex relatnships the shift attu has been quicker - not only did young people wh liberal views get olr, but olr people changed their mds, might part be bee chang the law, such as the legalisatn of civil partnerships and then gay marriage, have a powerful fluence on people's views, a NatCen spokman suggts. For example, gay sex remaed illegal Stland and Northern Ireland until 1982 while transgenr people weren't protected equaly legislatn until 2010.
BRA'S GAY ADOPTN DEBATE
The argument that gays and lbians should sympathize wh the suatn of vout Christians as victims of discrimatn signals a remarkable evolutn relig thought about homosexualy. * gay adoption great britain *
1967 - Sex between two men over 21 and " private" is crimalised1980 - Decrimalisatn Stland1982 - Decrimalisatn Northern Ireland1994 - The age of nsent for two male partners is lowered to 182000 - The ban on gay and bisexual people servg the armed forc is lifted; the age of nsent is equalised for same- and oppose-sex partners at 162002 - Same-sex upl are given equal rights when to adoptn2003 - Gross cency is removed as an offence2004 - A law allowg civil partnerships is passed2007 - Discrimatn on the basis of sexual orientatn is banned2010 - Genr reassignment is add as a protected characteristic equaly legislatn2014 - Gay marriage be legal England, Wal and Stland3. Those keen to crimalise any public displays of nsensual homosexual activy still had tools to do so through the offence of "gross cency", which had a broad terpretatn. Prosecutns were far more mon until the 1990s but have tailed off sce, partly bee of social attus to gay relatnships, says Kate Goold, a solicor at Bdmans.
GAY MOSW · CY GUI
Are you lookg for a gay adoptn agency to start your fay-buildg procs? There are plenty of same-sex adoptn agenci, and here’s how to fd them. * gay adoption great britain *
Government has attempted to redrs this legacyGiven this legacy of crimalisatn, the ernment troduced a scheme October 2012 allowg those prosecuted unr funct gay-sex-related laws, to have their nvictns removed om police and urt Home Office timat that there were about 50, 000 such offenc rerd on the system om the 1950s until of the 50, 000, only an timated 16, 000 are for people who are still livg and so able to all of the 16, 000 offenc are eligible to be "disregard".
Rerdg of homophobic hate crim has risenA steep rise homophobic hate crim has been rerd over the past five years, but this is thought to be large part down to an crease people reportg cints rather than a genue rise crime.
Mister thanks lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr muni for ‘selfls ditn’ to vulnerable children. * gay adoption great britain *
The Natnal Police Chiefs Council's lead on homophobic crim, Assistant Chief Constable Mark Haton, says: "Tradnally, homophobic hate crime has been signifintly unr-reported and we do not believe that current statistics accurately reflect actual levels of abe.