The B.C. judge who recently declared that a woman in a polyamorous family relationship be named as a legal parent, alongside the child’s birth parents, said the ruling will bridge “a gap in the legislation,” but some say definitions of parent should be settled by elected officials, not judges. Conservative MP Arnold Viersen says he would rather have Parliament re-examine questions of marriage and parental rights than leave it to the courts. “I think that these are political discussions that we should have. Our laws are fairly clear on most of that. I don’t think that the court should be redefining. Those are political discussions and political decisions,” Viersen told The Epoch Times. The issue has taken on new relevance in recent months. On April 23, Justice Sandra Wilkinson of the B.C. Supreme Court added a second mother to a child’s birth certificate, which previously included only the biological parents. The petitioners …
Framework for Parental Rights Should Be Left to Parliament to Decide Rather Than Unelected Courts, MP Says
July 4, 2021
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