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March 15, 2012

Gay father wins right to see son raised by lesbian couple

Appeal Court judges in UK rule father should not be treated as 'secondary' parent because his son is living with two women

The gay father of a two-year-old boy being raised by lesbian parents in the UK has won the right to have access to his child.

Three Appeal Court judges ruled that the father, identified only as A, should not be treated as a 'secondary' parent because his son was living with two women.

Judges at the court of appeal ruled that three parents are as good as two, saying 'a two-parent lesbian nuclear family' might be 'essentially selfish and may later insufficiently weigh the welfare and developing rights of the child'.

February 24, 2012

Virginia governor says gays make inferior parents

Gov. Bob McDonnell advocates 'intact two-parent family made up of a man and a woman'

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell said Friday (24 February) that gays make inferior parents compared to a straight couple.

'Most of the data that I’ve read that the best environment for a child to grow up to be fully capable of achieving the American dream and having the best start at life in an intact two-parent family made up of a man and a woman,' McDonnell said.

January 27, 2012

Gay kids more likely to be poor

A new report reveals gay families in the US are more likely to live in poverty and experts call for changes in the law and government policy

Children raised by gay parents in the US are more likely to live in poverty, a report has revealed.

The All Children Matter report, co-authored by several national organizations, including The Center for American Progress and the Family Equality Council, claimed youngsters raised in LGBT families are twice as likely to be poor as those raised by married heterosexual couples.