France Broadens Gays' Parental Rights

[tocqueville]

Fri Feb 24, 11:34 PM ET

PARIS - France's highest court ruled Friday that homosexual parents may extend parental rights to their partners, a move long sought by gay rights campaigners.

The Cour de Cassation approved such shared rights when the couple is living in a stable union and when it is in the child's best interests. The judges upheld a 2004 decision by an appeals court in Angers in central France.

It was the first time the high court granted such broad rights to a homosexual couple in France.

"It's a real victory," gay rights activist Christine le Douane said on LCI television.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060225/ap_on_re_eu/france_gay_parents

[DarienComp]

1. America falls further behind the rest of the world with every passing day.

[Hekate]

2. A civilized nation. Apologies for the jingoism of our knuckle-draggers

Good for France. They have their troubles like the rest of us, but this move is humane, civilized, the right thing to do.

Hekate