Gay ‘marriage’ not a right, prohibiting gay adoption not ‘discrimination’: European Court
March 16, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) - The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that the prohibition of adoption to non- married couples is not discriminatory, because it applies to both heterosexual and homosexual couples equally. It has also ruled that homosexual “marriage” is not a right under the European Convention on Human Rights . The European Court of Human Rights The decision effectively confirms the liceity under the same Convention of French law , which does not award the status of “marriage” to homosexual couples, and does not permit non-married couples to adopt children. The ruling was announced yesterday in a suit by a French lesbian couple, Valérie Gas and Nathalie Dubois, who have been in a Pact of Civil Solidarity ( PACS ) since 2002. A PACS is a loose contractual arrangement made available to both heterosexual and homosexual couples in France, in contrast with stronger “civil union” arrangements and homosexual “marriages” available in some other countries....