Seanad debates
Wednesday, 27 February 2008
Civil Marriage: Motion
4:00 pm
Phil Prendergast (Labour)
I agree that there have been many improvements and positive changes for lesbians and gay men but I have problems with the Fine Gael amendment because it does not deal with the families of same sex couples. There is no reference to adoption or to the potential equality of any kind of family unit. We in the Labour Party are committed to full equality for gay and lesbian couples.
Many studies have been carried out to show that children brought up by same sex couples do just as well as children in conventional families because parenting is what matters.
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