Feb 28, 2011 / 12:04 pm
The Bishops’ Conference of Colombia is calling on the country’s Constitutional Court to reject arguments in favor of the adoption of children by same-sex couples.
The bishops stressed that the rights of children should be placed above “the affective and emotional needs of same-sex couples.”
The bishops’ call came after the Constitutional Court announced Feb. 23 that it would hear arguments on whether to grant custody of a young girl to her mother and her lesbian partner. The child was conceived through artificial insemination.
The Constitutional Court will issue a final ruling on the case after two lower courts ruled that the adoption should take place.