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One of the things I disagree with the Catholic Church on is its position on civil rights for homosexuals so God love the Ontario Court of Appeal, which has ruled that a kid can have his dad, his mom and his other mom.
In this case, the biological mother of the child and her partner wanted the child's father to have a role in his life, which would be impossible if they applied for the non-biological parent to adopt as the father would have been required by Ontario's Child and Family Services Act to relinquish his parental rights in order for the adoption to go through. In their decision, the Court of Appeal wrote that:
In this case, the biological mother of the child and her partner wanted the child's father to have a role in his life, which would be impossible if they applied for the non-biological parent to adopt as the father would have been required by Ontario's Child and Family Services Act to relinquish his parental rights in order for the adoption to go through. In their decision, the Court of Appeal wrote that:
"There is no doubt that the legislature did not foresee for the possibility of declarations of parentage for two women, but that is a product of the social conditions and medical knowledge at the time," they wrote.The decision opens the door to legal status for the non-biological parent in decisions regarding the health and welfare of the child, especially in the event that the biological parent in the relationship is unable to make decisions for the child - which, as a kid with a mom, a dad and a step-dad, I think really is in the best interests of the child.
The judges said a "gap in the legislation has been revealed," and the statute does not reflect the best interests of the child in this case.
"The act does not deal with, nor contemplate, the disadvantages that a child born into a relationship of two mothers, two fathers or as in this case two mothers and one father might suffer," the judges wrote."
