Same Sex Couples:a Right To Kave Babies?

Over the year's, societies concept of what constitutes a family has changed, or at least adapted. Same sex marriages have become more acceptable, although many barriers still stand. The issue of same sex partners raising children is becoming more out in the open, although it is still being debated upon and many families are being torn due to these ongoing debates.

Canada, over the last couple of years, has made an attempt of becoming one of the most gay-positive nations today. In 1999, the Supreme Court of Canada ordered the Alberta government to grant homosexuals special protection under the province's human rights law (Smith, Max, B.C. Report Magazine, 1999). In March of 1999 the right to private adoption of same-sex partners was extended and in the same year the Supreme Court dismissed the heterosexual definition of spouse under Ontario's Family Law Act (Smith, Max, B.C. Report Magazine, 1999).

I feel that there is nothing wrong with same-sex relationships and they should not have anyone stand in their way if they want to raise children. I feel that every province should permit same-sex adoptions. I also feel that a person's sexual orientation, gender identity, or HIV status is irrelevant to his or her parenting abilities. Through this research I also read that the "family class" should be extended in the Immigration Regulations to permit lesbians and gay men to sponsor a same-sex partner to immigrate to Canada. It would also be a good idea to teach more about same-sex relationships and the dangers of homophobia in the school system, and perhaps even in the higher education Judicial programs.

Lesbian and gay parents do not, for the most part, raise their children much differently. They too search out the proper day care, bring their children to and from school, attend extracurricular activities, share holidays with extended families, balance their jobs with family life, and work hard to raise their children the best that they can. A parent's sexual orientation will have no direct harm to the child, unless there is a proven connection between harm to the child and a parent's behavior, or condition. Research also sugg

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