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| Does Britain have the right to remove childrens rights? |
| Yes. The rights of the parent trumps the childs. |
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| No. The precedent they set is wrong. |
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Fred75
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 Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 2:57 pm Post subject: Does Britain have the right to remove childrens rights? |
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| Times _ wrote: |
Single women and lesbian couples won landmark parental rights last night as MPs voted to remove the requirement that fertility clinics consider a child’s need for a father.
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill will replace the rule with a “need for supportive parenting” after opponents were defeated in two votes by unexpectedly wide margins.
The Government had been prepared for defeat but won the free votes by majorities of 75 and 68. The decisions mean that the legislation will grant the most significant extension to homosexual family rights since gay adoption was sanctioned.
It will stop fertility clinics turning away lesbians and single women because their children will not have a father or male role model. While the current law does not block such therapy, it is sometimes used to justify refusals. |
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article3972376.ece
Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster, in an interview with London’s “The Times,” said, “I think it strange that the government should want to take away not just the need for a father, but the right for a father.” |
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noodles
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| Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 3:43 pm Post subject: |
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Fred75
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| Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 3:49 pm Post subject: |
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You can yawn but cant vote the poll? |
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Gibbous Moon
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| Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 11:10 pm Post subject: |
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Your question is flawed as it assumes that children have a legitmate right to a father.
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Fred75
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| Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 12:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Gibbous Moon wrote: |
Your question is flawed as it assumes that children have a legitmate right to a father.
GM |
So you then agree with the government that children have no rights to have a father and mother?
I take it your the product of divorce, eh? |
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Cambridge
FemaleFirst Grand Master (1000+ Posts)
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| Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 11:00 pm Post subject: |
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| Fred75 wrote: |
| Gibbous Moon wrote: |
Your question is flawed as it assumes that children have a legitmate right to a father.
GM |
So you then agree with the government that children have no rights to have a father and mother?
I take it your the product of divorce, eh? |
He's got iron logic, eh GM?  He'll make something up rather than go speechless.  |
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Kyuubi
FemaleFirst Regular (50+ Posts)
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| Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2008 2:47 am Post subject: |
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| Cambridge wrote: |
| Fred75 wrote: |
| Gibbous Moon wrote: |
Your question is flawed as it assumes that children have a legitmate right to a father.
GM |
So you then agree with the government that children have no rights to have a father and mother?
I take it your the product of divorce, eh? |
He's got iron logic, eh GM? He'll make something up rather than go speechless. |
Silence is a weakness when it comes to arguments. We all know Fred75 isn't about to get silent. |
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