"Gay father's adoption appeal: MSF responds to concerns on whether case sets a precedent
SINGAPORE: Minister for Social & Family Development Desmond Lee on Wednesday (Dec 19) responded to concerns on whether the recent High Court ruling allowing a Singaporean gay father's appeal to adopt his surrogate son sets a precedent for the formation of same-sex families in Singapore.
Mr Lee noted that while the Court decided to grant the adoption in this instance, it also recognised that the adoption "violates the public policy against the formation of same-sex family units" and that gay parents seeking to adopt their surrogate children in future may have difficulty proving they did not "intentionally set out" to violate the policy.
Mr Lee said: "Since the ruling, concerns have been raised about the implications of this case and whether it sets a precedent for the formation of same-sex families in Singapore.
"LGBT persons have a place in Singapore society. At the same time, the Government supports and encourages parenthood within marriage, and does not support the formation of same-sex family units. This is the position that MSF takes in assessing adoption applications.""
For goodness sake, what Minister Lee says doesn't matter to future judgement as the Judges can create precedence as well as IGNORE precedence at their own whims n fancy! That is the power given to the Judges. They r to interpret the written laws as they see fit!
This "the child's welfare is 1st n paramount" consideration will hv, hopefully, includes:
1. the gay couple hv the financial means to care for the kid;
2. hv ideas on how to protect n guide the kid through his life journey of meeting not so LGBTQ friendly conservative majority; given LGBTQ is a minority;
3. his right to live not-gay is respected by his gay parents unless he is gayness is genetic.
As for folks who worry that the gay couples will go rushing to hv babies in this manner, they probably do well to get a research result to see if LGBTQ folks really want to hv babies that is unnatural given they say their gayness is a genetic thing. i.e. it is natural that they will not hv babies as female-female n male-male cannot hv babies!?
Enough of this case. Let's just bless the kid n the gay parents that things will work out for them!
SINGAPORE: Minister for Social & Family Development Desmond Lee on Wednesday (Dec 19) responded to concerns on whether the recent High Court ruling allowing a Singaporean gay father's appeal to adopt his surrogate son sets a precedent for the formation of same-sex families in Singapore.
Mr Lee noted that while the Court decided to grant the adoption in this instance, it also recognised that the adoption "violates the public policy against the formation of same-sex family units" and that gay parents seeking to adopt their surrogate children in future may have difficulty proving they did not "intentionally set out" to violate the policy.
Mr Lee said: "Since the ruling, concerns have been raised about the implications of this case and whether it sets a precedent for the formation of same-sex families in Singapore.
"LGBT persons have a place in Singapore society. At the same time, the Government supports and encourages parenthood within marriage, and does not support the formation of same-sex family units. This is the position that MSF takes in assessing adoption applications.""
For goodness sake, what Minister Lee says doesn't matter to future judgement as the Judges can create precedence as well as IGNORE precedence at their own whims n fancy! That is the power given to the Judges. They r to interpret the written laws as they see fit!
This "the child's welfare is 1st n paramount" consideration will hv, hopefully, includes:
1. the gay couple hv the financial means to care for the kid;
2. hv ideas on how to protect n guide the kid through his life journey of meeting not so LGBTQ friendly conservative majority; given LGBTQ is a minority;
3. his right to live not-gay is respected by his gay parents unless he is gayness is genetic.
As for folks who worry that the gay couples will go rushing to hv babies in this manner, they probably do well to get a research result to see if LGBTQ folks really want to hv babies that is unnatural given they say their gayness is a genetic thing. i.e. it is natural that they will not hv babies as female-female n male-male cannot hv babies!?
Enough of this case. Let's just bless the kid n the gay parents that things will work out for them!
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