ACT to allow gay couples to adopt [View All]

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http://www.abc.net.au/news/australia/act/200402/s1041977.htm

ACT (Australian Capital Territory) Chief Minister Jon Stanhope says it is part of a broader agenda to remove sexual discrimination from every government statute.

While acknowledging protests from the Christian lobby, Mr Stanhope says the interests of the child will remain paramount in any adoption decision.

But the Opposition's Bill Stefaniak says the Government is engaging in social engineering.

That "social engineering" charge always makes me laugh - why is it social engineering to allow certain people to marry/adopt etc but it isn't social engineering to BAN them from it?