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06-01-2012, 07:53 AM
Christian group condemns gay parenting ruling | adelaidenow (http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/breaking-news/christian-group-condemns-gay-parenting-ruling/story-e6frea73-1226379665141)
A LANDMARK court decision to declare two men the parents of baby born through surrogacy is a "gross abuse" of the child's rights, a Christian lobby group says.
Managing director of the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) Jim Wallace also likened children in such situations to members of the stolen generation.
A NSW Supreme Court judgement handed down last month found it was in the child's best interests to have both Sydney men as parents, after the birth mother agreed to give up recognition on the birth certificate.
Justice Paul Brereton said he believed it was the first ruling under The Surrogacy Act, which was introduced last year and imposes strong penalties for people found to have entered into a commercial surrogacy arrangement in which a woman is paid to carry a child on behalf of others who cannot sustain their own pregnancy.
The ACL is now calling on governments to repeal all laws allowing gay and lesbian couples or single people to "acquire babies" through surrogacy.
A LANDMARK court decision to declare two men the parents of baby born through surrogacy is a "gross abuse" of the child's rights, a Christian lobby group says.
Managing director of the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) Jim Wallace also likened children in such situations to members of the stolen generation.
A NSW Supreme Court judgement handed down last month found it was in the child's best interests to have both Sydney men as parents, after the birth mother agreed to give up recognition on the birth certificate.
Justice Paul Brereton said he believed it was the first ruling under The Surrogacy Act, which was introduced last year and imposes strong penalties for people found to have entered into a commercial surrogacy arrangement in which a woman is paid to carry a child on behalf of others who cannot sustain their own pregnancy.
The ACL is now calling on governments to repeal all laws allowing gay and lesbian couples or single people to "acquire babies" through surrogacy.