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Colombia’s Constitutional Court gives custody of two boys to American homosexual

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Coat of arms of Republic of Colombia. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) May 24, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Colombian government has lost a battle in the country’s ultraliberal Constitutional Court to protect two Colombian children from adoption by an American homosexual activist. The Court has granted custody of two boys, ages 11 and 13 to Chandler Burr , a former perfume critic for the New York Times who is famous for promoting the claim that homosexuality is an inborn trait, an idea contradicted by numerous studies and regarded as unproven by many researchers. Burr’s s attempt to adopt the two Colombian children   ran into trouble   when authorities discovered his homosexuality, which was not revealed to them during the adoption process.  Colombia ’s General Procurator has declared its intention to ask for a nullification of the ruling, on the grounds that it violates the fundamental rights of children , and ignores the Constitutional principle that a family can only

Catholic officials denounce adoption of Colombian children by American homosexual activist

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Image via Wikipedia December 14, 2011  - Catholic Church officials have joined the Colombian government ’s prosecutorial wing in opposing the adoption of two children by an American homosexual activist. “The problem is not that the person is single, but rather that he should be a mature person psychologically, emotionally and in his sexual identity,” said Juan Vicente Cordoba, secretary of the Episcopal Conference . “In Colombia adoption to same-sex couples has not been allowed, therefore it hasn’t been awarded to homosexual singles either because the problem is not because the individual is alone, but rather because of his homosexuality,” added Cordoba. As LifeSiteNews   reported yesterday , American homosexual activist Chandler Burr , a journalist, was recently awarded custody of two Colombian children, ages 13 and 10. However, by Burr’s own admission, he never informed authorities of his homosexual orientation ; when it discovered, his custodial rights were withdrawn. Although