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German high court proclaims same-sex adoption legal

By Alliance Alert

The Local (AFP): "The Federal Constitutional Court decided in favour of a woman in the southern city of Schweinfurt who wanted to adopt the now three-year-old child of her female partner, with the consent of the father and social services. The lower court had argued that such a move would be unconstitutional because it placed the rights of the partner of a parent above those of a biological parent. The constitutional court rejected this argument on Tuesday, saying that life partners who assume the role of a parent to a child have the right to formalise that role."

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on August 26, 2009 (boomark / email).