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Word, Ms Harriet Harman
Jan. 25th, 2007 12:54 pm"You can either be against discrimination or you can allow for it. You can't be a little bit against discrimination."
- UK Constitutional Affairs Minister Harriet Harman
The UK (well, the government) is struggling to decide whether or not Catholic adoption agencies should be exempt from following anti-discrimination legislation, and therefore still be allowed to reject same-sex couple applying to adopt a child.
'No Catholic opt-out' on adoption
Cabinet rejects exemption on gay adoptions
If the Cabinet goes decide against exemption, I feel like it'll be a step forward almost as important as the Civil Partnership law. Discrimination cannot be condoned just because you think your religion tells you it's okay to look down upon a certain portion of the population (that has done nothing wrong). We went over this with racial discrimination already, for Joss's sake.
- UK Constitutional Affairs Minister Harriet Harman
The UK (well, the government) is struggling to decide whether or not Catholic adoption agencies should be exempt from following anti-discrimination legislation, and therefore still be allowed to reject same-sex couple applying to adopt a child.
'No Catholic opt-out' on adoption
Cabinet rejects exemption on gay adoptions
If the Cabinet goes decide against exemption, I feel like it'll be a step forward almost as important as the Civil Partnership law. Discrimination cannot be condoned just because you think your religion tells you it's okay to look down upon a certain portion of the population (that has done nothing wrong). We went over this with racial discrimination already, for Joss's sake.
