Too many guilty of using traditional values for same-sex adoption

“…too many professionals involved in the adoption and fostering process are clinging on to traditional ideas of what constitutes a family…”

INCREASING numbers of gay men and lesbians in Britain are adopting children or becoming foster carers.  Latest figures show that there are now more than 20,000 children living in same-sex couple families.

Enabled by legislation passed in 2002, this trend is contributing to the emergence of new conceptions of family structure and child-raising.  But too many professionals involved in the adoption and fostering process are clinging on to traditional ideas of what constitutes a family, claims University of Huddersfield lecturer Dr Kate Wood.

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