Quote of the Week: “We Are Already Parents”

This week’s quote comes from Catherine Couvert, a lesbian mom in Northern Ireland, who addresses her country’s failure to move ahead with a proposal allowing joint adoption by same-sex and unmarried couples.

She writes:

The so-called debates on same sex parents should be about children’s rights, not about religious morality…. I am a lesbian mother. My children have rights. What people forget when they have endless discussions over whether gays should be allowed to be parents, is that we already are parents.

1 thought on “Quote of the Week: “We Are Already Parents””

  1. So very true! We just (this week) got notice that our second parent adoption went through. I am so grateful to be living where I do. It’s hard to imagine that in 2012 we are still debating such things!

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