Category: Ireland – LGBTQ Family
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Bishop of Elphin: Gay parents of children are not necessarily parents
A Catholic Bishop’s view that gay couples with children “are not parents” has been described as “a nonsense”.
NI : Gay couple adopt boys from England
A gay couple say they have had to travel to England to adopt two children due to restrictions in the legal system in Northern Ireland.
Gay adoption favoured over orphanages, says marriage body
If there was a choice between putting a child in a ‘Romanian-style’ orphanage or placing them for adoption with a gay couple in that case it would be preferable to allow the child to be adopted.
Style guru Darren reveals adoption problems facing same-sex parents
RTE stylist Darren Kennedy will be spreading his TV wings this summer after signing up to take part in a new Reality Bites documentary.
Students make DVD about same-sex parents
Two student at Sligo Institute of Technology who have made an educational video for small children about same-sex parents hope to generate a debate about the rights of non-traditional family units.