European court condemns France for refusing to allow lesbian to adopt

Lamanda(Michelle) Reid/Jan.30,2008/12:35/poverty and inequality
The article European court condemns France for refusing to allow lesbian to adopt was published by the Associated Press on January 22, 2008 in the International Herald Tribune. The article was about a lesbian French woman being ineligible to adopt due to her sexuality. Originally the French courts claimed the denial wasn’t due to her sexuality, but was denied because she acknowledged her partner on her application. French civil codes state that two unmarried people can’t adopt. France stated that the request was denied due to the absence of a paternal image. This in other words means that the woman only identified as E.B. was denied a child due to her sexual preference. The case was appealed to the Grand Chamber, which is a court of 17 European judges. These judges ruled that E.B. should not have been denied the right to adopt. They also ruled that the earlier decision set forth by French court was solely based on her sexual orientation and therefore illegal.
I think that this is the perfect article to show the inequalities of homosexual people versus heterosexual people. It is clearly globally very common for homosexual people to be treated differently due to their sexual preference. Personally I do not one-hundred percent agree with homosexual adoption. I do believe that legally homosexual couples have just as much right to adopt as heterosexual couples. I just feel that homosexual couples should think about the affect their lifestyle will have on their child or children. I believe that every child deserves a loving home. Overall if that couple can provide a loving and stable environment for the child I think they should adopt. But I do not agree with homosexual adoptions moving at a faster pace than heterosexual adoptions due to sexuality. I think that our society is so afraid of being sued that we move certain things along faster than others.