While many subjects still remain locked in the drawers of time, I was interested to read on the Figaro website that a lesbian couple had been recognized by the Court of Cassation as having equal rights over the child they are raising.
Until now, it was unthinkable; homosexual couples had to discretely allow themselves to be parents without the law recognizing their right. It seems that attitudes and mores are changing, at least in some courts.
Perhaps we are at the peak of a greater respect for this fundamental freedom, commonly called the expression of human feeling or love. Perhaps we are finding the path to equality, and maybe I am dreaming, but on this new day, it seems that everything is finally possible.
The civil solidarity pact (PACS) of November 15, 1999, had not provided for anything in the area of filiation and adoption for these 21st-century couples.
Could love have overcome the sacred texts that govern France and all its tempers?
For many children, it is a sad fate to be deprived of such a noble status for moral considerations that far surpass them, as being in harmony with one’s family is not innate. Being parents is a matter of fact for heterosexuals because it is ancestral, but the recognition of children does not have the force of law within certain couples. Neither person nor principle can govern this in the name of any social or moral balance.
Couples explode en masse, and often a child is torn apart like furniture or property without realizing that this child breathes, moves, and walks. It is no longer a social phenomenon but an epidemic against the difficulty of living as a couple and a tragedy in the life of a child who is not considered at any moment by this famous civil code.
In the face of this, stable couples consisting of same-sex human beings adore this seed of humanity as it grows in a state of grace. Who are they to deny them happiness? By what aberration?
Is it necessary to remind that children are beaten, tortured within their family of origin? Is it necessary to plead to convince an idiot to change his mind? Why would a man or woman have more moral value because they are heterosexual? What ensures us that, like hundreds of convicts per year, they are not potentially dangerous to the child because they harbor tendencies that suffocate him?
A good parent is one who loves themselves, who loves others, and who provides security for their offspring. A good parent is one who listens, may not necessarily understand, but respects.
Regardless of sex or social status, color or size, and regardless of sexual orientation.
All my sincere congratulations to these two women and may many parents choose to fight to have the right to love proudly. What could be more fulfilling for a child than a parent who defies their limits to offer even a bit of freedom because ultimately, the three actors in this story are the winners.
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