Lessons from Canada: “legal parenthood” replaces “natural parenthood” with the adoption of same-sex “marriage”
Andrea Mrozek and Peter Jon Mitchell have this article on Mercatornet:
. . . Firstly, where gay rights triumph, new rights battles begin. One example is over the rights of children . . . Secondly, where marriage is not understood as an institution, it cannot be defended adequately in the public square . . .
Marriage as an institution is meant to constrain human behaviour, not liberate or grant rights. Put differently, where individuals have both rights and responsibilities, marriage falls more in the latter category; it is a responsibility, not a right . . .
Keeping this definition in mind, any culture which sanctions same-sex marriage will place children’s rights at odds with adult desires. The January 2007 Ontario court ruling that a child could have three parents was inevitable because with same-sex marriage the concept of biological parenthood is immediately displaced. Same-sex reproduction immediately involves a third party. The idea of a “legal parent” replaced the idea of a “natural parent.” . . .
Hat tip: Institute for Marriage and Public Policy