Landmark court ruling gives little boy two mommies and a dad

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Landmark court ruling gives little boy two mommies and a dad

By GREGORY BONNELL The Canadian Press

TORONTO — Gay rights organizations applauded Wednesday while an evangelical group questioned just how many parents one child can have following a landmark Appeal Court decision that allows an Ontario boy to have three parents.

Legal recognition that the five-year-old has two mothers and one father — which some say opens the possibility of nightmare custody battle scenarios — was hailed by Egale Canada as the courts simply catching up to the reality of Canadian society.

"This isn’t the only couple that’s had a baby with another person and wanted the three people to be equally involved in the child’s upbringing," said Kaj Hasselriis, acting executive director of the Ottawa-based gay rights group.

The Ontario Court of Appeal's decision Tuesday to recognize the child’s three parents simply shows that the "justice system is ahead of politicians on this issue," Hasselriis said.

"There is now legal recognition of relationships and families that already exist in Canada, and have existed across Canada for years."

http://www.herald.ns.ca/Front/550697.html

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1. "an evangelical group questioned just how many parents one child can have"

Those selfish, selfish Canadian children. How dare they have so many parents?!?

God doesn't like it when kids get lots of love and support. Only fetuses should have that.

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2. gee, i had 1 mom and 4

'dads'. my paternal units father was more of a daddy than he ever was. and certainly saw my 3 uncles more than him. even the one from NYC.
i gotta wonder why these people think everybody lives in a norman rockwell painting. lots of bubbles out there.