Gay Adoption Out,
Legislative Commission
Decides
The homosexual community
in Costa Rica is being
left without the
possibility of adoption
following changes by a
legislative committee to
the Código de Familia
(Family Code).
The decision was made
public Wednesday by
Mario Núñez, chairman of
the Comisión de Juventud,
Niñez y Adolescencia.
"The state must assure
that minors up for
adoption are handed over
to heterosexual couples
as it is established in
out Constitution,
Christian principles and
our idiosincracy", said
Núñez.
The changes to article
107 of the Código de
Familia must now be
approved by the
legislative assembly.
The text of the changes
are clear prohibiting
adoption by an
individual or couple
whose sexual orientation
is of the a person of
the same sex.
Núñez said that though
adults have the right to
maintain a gay
relationship, the same
right does not extend to
burden a minor with the
responsibility of having
to understand that "his
or her" family is an
exception to the rule.
Núñez added that many
children may be
disadvantaged if they
were to be adopted by a
gay parent, possibly
living a situation of
ridicule and censure.
The only such of gay
adoption in Costa Rica
occurred in 2004 when a
judge allowed
transvestite Luis
Mairena to be the legal
guardian of a child he
had care for from
infancy. |
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