Nov 18, 2007Quickie Link: Lesbian Parents Are 'Last Nail in Coffin' of Traditional Family
By vanrozenheim
(UK) - The UK Government was accused today of driving the “last nail in the coffin” of the traditional family with moves to grant Gay couples equal parenting rights. Iain Duncan Smith, a former Conservative leader, spoke out against plans to allow Lesbian couples to become joint legal parents of children conceived used donated sperm or eggs. His comments, in an article for the Mail on Sunday, came as the proposals are due to come before the House of Lords in the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill on Monday. Ben Summerskill, the chief executive of the Gay rights group Stonewall, said the Bill would merely extend a right already available to heterosexuals.
