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Children's rights paramountThe Tasmanian Lower House has passed legislation allowing Lesbian birth mothers to register their lesbian 'partner' as co-parent rather than register the child's biological father. The Bill has now gone to the Legislative Council for consideration and a vote in October.  Attached is a Media Release we sent to the Tasmanian Media today. Full Media Release In part we state... All children deserve the right to proper legal recognition of their mother and father. "Tasmania's Lower House have been irresponsible towards children by giving legal recognition to lesbian partners on a child's birth certificate", said Peter Stokes, CEO of Christian Ethics group Salt Shakers. "This further compounds Tasmania's government irresponsibility by allowing same-sex partners access to IVF. No Government should make it easy for people to do the wrong thing. It is wrong for governments to endorse deliberately bringing children into this world who would not receive the immediate nurture of their biological mother and father". We call on the Tasmanian Upper House to totally reject this Bill. Action -We ask all our Tasmanian readers to write to their Upper House (Legislative Council) representative. Call on them to reject this piece of social engineering and to put the interests of children ahead of those of selfish adults who want to rob children of their biological history and heritage. Evidence clearly shows that children do best when raised by their biological mother and father. No government should make it easy for people to do the wrong thing and adversely affect the most vulnerable in our society. Such action is a failure of their duty of care.PLEASE also write to: Rene Hidding, Michael Hodgman and Brett Whiteley - they were the ONLY Lower House (House of Assembly) MPs to vote against the Bill. They need our support. Please politely express your disappointment to all other Lower House MPs For addresses, follow the links to the Tasmanian parliament from our web site at; http://www.saltshakers.org.au/take-action/parliamentmps/83-tasmania  |