Monday, October 02, 2006
upset - pity the adopted kid, from eitb24.com
Gay couple adopts a child in Barcelona
09/30/2006
The counsellor for welfare and family at Catalonia's government said 28 gay couples had applied to adopt under last year's law -- most of them male couples.
A gay couple in Barcelona have become the first pair in the Spanish State to adopt a child under new laws giving married homosexual couples the same rights as heterosexuals, Spanish media reported on Saturday.
Newspapers quoted Carme Figueras, counsellor for welfare and family at Catalonia's government, as saying 28 gay couples had applied to adopt under last year's law -- most of them male couples.
Other gay couples in the Spanish State have become legal parents of children born to one of them naturally but the Barcelona pairare the first to adopt a child with no blood links.
"The most important thing in adoption is that the child should benefit, that he or she will be loved, looked after, respected and not mistreated," the papers quoted Figueras as saying.
Catalonian government officials were not available to confirm the reports.
Legalising gay marriage was one of the highest-profile changes Socialist Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero made when he came to power in 2004, putting him on a collision course with the Catholic Church. ¶ 12:11 am
Gay couple adopts a child in Barcelona
09/30/2006
The counsellor for welfare and family at Catalonia's government said 28 gay couples had applied to adopt under last year's law -- most of them male couples.
A gay couple in Barcelona have become the first pair in the Spanish State to adopt a child under new laws giving married homosexual couples the same rights as heterosexuals, Spanish media reported on Saturday.
Newspapers quoted Carme Figueras, counsellor for welfare and family at Catalonia's government, as saying 28 gay couples had applied to adopt under last year's law -- most of them male couples.
Other gay couples in the Spanish State have become legal parents of children born to one of them naturally but the Barcelona pairare the first to adopt a child with no blood links.
"The most important thing in adoption is that the child should benefit, that he or she will be loved, looked after, respected and not mistreated," the papers quoted Figueras as saying.
Catalonian government officials were not available to confirm the reports.
Legalising gay marriage was one of the highest-profile changes Socialist Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero made when he came to power in 2004, putting him on a collision course with the Catholic Church. ¶ 12:11 am
