Rights of gay adult are being put before child’s

The child is the most vulnerable of citizens. Adults have a responsibility to raise them with due care and attention to their needs. Our rights as adults must be secondary to children’s.

The Children and Family Relationships Bill has many good sections, which I welcome.

I am concerned, however, by the proposal to give the right to adopt children to same-sex couples. I, along with the majority of my family and friends, believe this legislation gives primacy to the adult, the same-sex couple, at the expense of the right of a child to have both a mother and a father.