MEDIA RELEASE
Premier Supports Homosexual Adoption Bill
Friday 25th June 2010
Rev Fred Nile, leader of the Christian Democratic Party, has expressed his bitter disappointment that the NSW Premier has offered support to legalise homosexual adoption. The ‘Adoption Amendment (Same Sex Couples) Bill 2010' was introduced into Parliament on Thursday 24th June 2010 by homosexual activist and member for Sydney, Clover Moore and supported in a press statement by the NSW Premier Kristina Keneally.
When questioned, Rev Nile stated that the bill seeks to overlook existing provisions found within NSW Adoption law that are intended to protect children, and instead focus on the alleged rights of the homosexual community.
"Yes, I'm bitterly disappointed and angry that the NSW Premier has chosen to support the Bill. Adoption law is about children not the rights of any adult demographic! The NSW Adoption Act 2000, No 75. Part 8. 1 (c) states very very clearly ‘no adult has a right to adopt'. Yet all we keep hearing is talk about the rights of the homosexual community', said Rev Fred Nile.
"The Act also states, under Part 8 (a) & (b), that adoption is to be regarded ‘a service for the child' and ‘the best interests of the child, both in childhood and in later life, must be the paramount consideration'. So when the Bureau of Statistics and other health reports tell us that there are substantially higher rates of mental illness, violence, disease, drug and sexual abuse within the homosexual community, how can any rational individual excuse exposing children to such inherent risks. The whole purpose of adoption law is to find a home for these children whilst mitigating against such risks. If the NSW Government allows its members to turn the issue into an ideological debate on unrelated issues, it will be failing in its duty of care.
Children shouldn't be made the battle ground for homosexual rights, particularly when these children have suffered enough. I urge the Government to look at the situation objectively and reconsider its position", Rev Nile stated.