Scotland to Allow Homosexual Partners to Adopt Children

Wednesday September 23, 2009
By Hilary White

EDINBURGH, September 23, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Scotland's devolved parliament has announced that, starting next week, homosexual partners may adopt children together and both be regarded as the child's parents.

Previously the rules said that homosexuals could adopt only as singles. Legislation in 2005 granted adoption rights to unmarried couples, including homosexual partners in England and Wales.

Peter Kearney, a spokesman for the Roman Catholic Church, denied that the move would provide more stable homes for children. "This change is unlikely to have an effect on the shortage of adoptive parents because there are very few same sex couples interested in adoption," he said. the rest