How is it for you? Lesbian Family in Ireland

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5-1-2008 1:56 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/074e914e-d778-4b16-aebc-4ca7b4026942/337B57C8-2EAD-4F02-81E2-74B120477357/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/frontpage/2008/0417/1208382316994.html" href="http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/frontpage/2008/0417/1208382316994.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.ireland.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/frontpage/2008/0417/1208382316994.html"><H1>Lesbian couple with child 'a de facto family'</H1><P><B><A href="#">C</A></B></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/frontpage/2008/0417/1208382316994.html">THE HIGH Court has ruled that a lesbian couple living together
in a long-term committed relationship with a child can be regarded
as a de facto family enjoying rights under the European Convention
on Human Rights</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/frontpage/2008/0417/1208382316994.html">In a judgment that will have an impact on the debate about
legislating for same-sex couples, Mr Justice John Hedigan has said
that the best interests of a child lay in remaining with his mother
and her female partner, denying guardianship and access rights to
the child's biological father, who donated the sperm to the
mother</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/frontpage/2008/0417/1208382316994.html">The father, a gay friend of the couple, yesterday lost his High
Court bid for guardianship and access rights</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/frontpage/2008/0417/1208382316994.html">Mr Justice Hedigan said there was nothing in Irish law to
suggest that a family of two women and a child "has any lesser
right to be recognised as a de facto family than a family composed
of a man and a woman unmarried to each other"</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/frontpage/2008/0417/1208382316994.html">Legislation to protect the rights of cohabiting couples</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/frontpage/2008/0417/1208382316994.html">to be published</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/frontpage/2008/0417/1208382316994.html">soon</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/337B57C8-2EAD-4F02-81E2-74B120477357/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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