The Home Office in Morocco has decided to threaten those publications in the press who defend homosexuality or portray it in a positive light after the magazine Al Michaal published a story about an unofficial gay wedding. Needless to say, homosexuality is criminalised in Morocco. Maybe the Daily Mail should be published there? It’s not like they’re ever going to be accused of portraying homosexuality in a positive light...
The good news is that Venezuela is to legalise gay unions as “asociaciones de convivencia” (cohabitation associations) in a law of gender equality to be passed soon, although there is no word on gay adoption, though.
I think sometimes when some of us have a moan in the New Family Social or Adoption UK forums about a slow adoption process, or encounter homophobia from social workers or authorities we forget just how privileged we are to live in enlightened places where gay adoption is allowed at all. No matter how much we know that we can make good parents and offer a child a loving home, there are many places in the world where that is not an option, and we should count our blessings (even though the system is not perfect).
Tuesday, 24 March 2009
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Right. Let's hope that we will be more and more to be privileged :) and one day, we will only be normal people.
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