❓ Mr. Barnett questions the Premier's claim of a mandate for allowing same-sex couples to adopt, given the lack of explicit pre-election policy. Dr. Gallop defends the government's position based on a broader commitment to equality.
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ADOPTION OF CHILDREN, SAME-SEX COUPLES
I refer to the Premier’s claim that the Labor Government has a mandate to carry out its social reform agenda, which includes giving same-sex couples the right to adopt children. Given that prior to the February election Labor had released no policy document, issued no media statement, and made no statements in this House indicating an intention to give same-sex couples the right to adopt children, how can the Premier claim a mandate for that in the Government’s legislation? Dr GALLOP
I refer to the Premier’s claim that the Labor Government has a mandate to carry out its social reform agenda, which includes giving same-sex couples the right to adopt children. Given that prior to the February election Labor had released no policy document, issued no media statement, and made no statements in this House indicating an intention to give same-sex couples the right to adopt children, how can the Premier claim a mandate for that in the Government’s legislation? Dr GALLOP
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I do not know in which State the Leader of the Opposition has been living in recent years. Obviously, he did not take note of, first, a very important conference of the Labor Party, at which it outlined clearly that its commitment was to equality for all Western Australians. That was well understood and known. Secondly, obviously the Leader of the Opposition, who was a minister in the former coalition Government, did not take note of the many questions on this issue that were asked of me during the campaign. I made it absolutely clear, in answer to each one of them, that Labor would establish equality for all Western Australians. I will check on our policies, but I think members will find that we issued a policy on law reform and justice for all Western Australians. The Labor Party’s position on this issue is clear, and has been for a long time. I have been asked about the matter on numerous occasions on talkback radio and in public forums that I have attended. Labor will establish equality for all Western Australians. Mr Barnett: Where is your policy that says same-sex couples can adopt children? Dr GALLOP: What is wrong with this Opposition? Mr Barnett: Where is your policy? Dr GALLOP: I would like the leader to repeat that. Mr Barnett: You have no policy. Dr GALLOP: No, that is not what I heard. I want the leader to repeat what he said earlier. Mr Barnett: That is not a moral position to take on this issue. Dr GALLOP: He said there is no morality in this Government. The Leader of the Opposition wants a system in Western Australia that allows one group of people to be discriminated against. He calls himself a Liberal! When he became leader - Mr Barnett: What about heterosexual couples waiting to adopt a child? What about their rights? Where do they stand? Dr GALLOP: The Labor Party believes that adoption laws should provide that the interests of the children come first. Mr Barnett: You are talking about adoption by gay couples! That is not in the interests of children. Dr GALLOP: I repeat something I said in the Parliament recently: there is no greater moral principle than to recognise the dignity and humanity of every citizen in this State.
Dr GALLOP replied: I do not know in which State the Leader of the Opposition has been living in recent years. Obviously, he did not take note of, first, a very important conference of the Labor Party, at which it outlined clearly that its commitment was to equality for all Western Australians. That was well understood and known. Secondly, obviously the Leader of the Opposition, who was a minister in the former coalition Government, did not take note of the many questions on this issue that were asked of me during the campaign. I made it absolutely clear, in answer to each one of them, that Labor would establish equality for all Western Australians. I will check on our policies, but I think members will find that we issued a policy on law reform and justice for all Western Australians. The Labor Party’s position on this issue is clear, and has been for a long time. I have been asked about the matter on numerous occasions on talkback radio and in public forums that I have attended. Labor will establish equality for all Western Australians. Mr Barnett: Where is your policy that says same-sex couples can adopt children? Dr GALLOP: What is wrong with this Opposition? Mr Barnett: Where is your policy? Dr GALLOP: I would like the leader to repeat that. Mr Barnett: You have no policy. Dr GALLOP: No, that is not what I heard. I want the leader to repeat what he said earlier. Mr Barnett: That is not a moral position to take on this issue. Dr GALLOP: He said there is no morality in this Government. The Leader of the Opposition wants a system in Western Australia that allows one group of people to be discriminated against. He calls himself a Liberal! When he became leader - Mr Barnett: What about heterosexual couples waiting to adopt a child? What about their rights? Where do they stand? Dr GALLOP: The Labor Party believes that adoption laws should provide that the interests of the children come first. Mr Barnett: You are talking about adoption by gay couples! That is not in the interests of children. Dr GALLOP: I repeat something I said in the Parliament recently: there is no greater moral principle than to recognise the dignity and humanity of every citizen in this State.
I do not know in which State the Leader of the Opposition has been living in recent years. Obviously, he did not take note of, first, a very important conference of the Labor Party, at which it outlined clearly that its commitment was to equality for all Western Australians. That was well understood and known. Secondly, obviously the Leader of the Opposition, who was a minister in the former coalition Government, did not take note of the many questions on this issue that were asked of me during the campaign. I made it absolutely clear, in answer to each one of them, that Labor would establish equality for all Western Australians. I will check on our policies, but I think members will find that we issued a policy on law reform and justice for all Western Australians. The Labor Party’s position on this issue is clear, and has been for a long time. I have been asked about the matter on numerous occasions on talkback radio and in public forums that I have attended. Labor will establish equality for all Western Australians. Mr Barnett: Where is your policy that says same-sex couples can adopt children? Dr GALLOP: What is wrong with this Opposition? Mr Barnett: Where is your policy? Dr GALLOP: I would like the leader to repeat that. Mr Barnett: You have no policy. Dr GALLOP: No, that is not what I heard. I want the leader to repeat what he said earlier. Mr Barnett: That is not a moral position to take on this issue. Dr GALLOP: He said there is no morality in this Government. The Leader of the Opposition wants a system in Western Australia that allows one group of people to be discriminated against. He calls himself a Liberal! When he became leader - Mr Barnett: What about heterosexual couples waiting to adopt a child? What about their rights? Where do they stand? Dr GALLOP: The Labor Party believes that adoption laws should provide that the interests of the children come first. Mr Barnett: You are talking about adoption by gay couples! That is not in the interests of children. Dr GALLOP: I repeat something I said in the Parliament recently: there is no greater moral principle than to recognise the dignity and humanity of every citizen in this State.
The Labor Party’s position on this issue is clear, and has been for a long time. I have been asked about the matter on numerous occasions on talkback radio and in public forums that I have attended. Labor will establish equality for all Western Australians. Mr Barnett: Where is your policy that says same-sex couples can adopt children? Dr GALLOP: What is wrong with this Opposition? Mr Barnett: Where is your policy? Dr GALLOP: I would like the leader to repeat that. Mr Barnett: You have no policy. Dr GALLOP: No, that is not what I heard. I want the leader to repeat what he said earlier. Mr Barnett: That is not a moral position to take on this issue. Dr GALLOP: He said there is no morality in this Government. The Leader of the Opposition wants a system in Western Australia that allows one group of people to be discriminated against. He calls himself a Liberal! When he became leader - Mr Barnett: What about heterosexual couples waiting to adopt a child? What about their rights? Where do they stand? Dr GALLOP: The Labor Party believes that adoption laws should provide that the interests of the children come first. Mr Barnett: You are talking about adoption by gay couples! That is not in the interests of children. Dr GALLOP: I repeat something I said in the Parliament recently: there is no greater moral principle than to recognise the dignity and humanity of every citizen in this State.
Mr Barnett: Where is your policy that says same-sex couples can adopt children? Dr GALLOP: What is wrong with this Opposition? Mr Barnett: Where is your policy? Dr GALLOP: I would like the leader to repeat that. Mr Barnett: You have no policy. Dr GALLOP: No, that is not what I heard. I want the leader to repeat what he said earlier. Mr Barnett: That is not a moral position to take on this issue. Dr GALLOP: He said there is no morality in this Government. The Leader of the Opposition wants a system in Western Australia that allows one group of people to be discriminated against. He calls himself a Liberal! When he became leader - Mr Barnett: What about heterosexual couples waiting to adopt a child? What about their rights? Where do they stand? Dr GALLOP: The Labor Party believes that adoption laws should provide that the interests of the children come first. Mr Barnett: You are talking about adoption by gay couples! That is not in the interests of children. Dr GALLOP: I repeat something I said in the Parliament recently: there is no greater moral principle than to recognise the dignity and humanity of every citizen in this State.
Dr GALLOP: What is wrong with this Opposition? Mr Barnett: Where is your policy? Dr GALLOP: I would like the leader to repeat that. Mr Barnett: You have no policy. Dr GALLOP: No, that is not what I heard. I want the leader to repeat what he said earlier. Mr Barnett: That is not a moral position to take on this issue. Dr GALLOP: He said there is no morality in this Government. The Leader of the Opposition wants a system in Western Australia that allows one group of people to be discriminated against. He calls himself a Liberal! When he became leader - Mr Barnett: What about heterosexual couples waiting to adopt a child? What about their rights? Where do they stand? Dr GALLOP: The Labor Party believes that adoption laws should provide that the interests of the children come first. Mr Barnett: You are talking about adoption by gay couples! That is not in the interests of children. Dr GALLOP: I repeat something I said in the Parliament recently: there is no greater moral principle than to recognise the dignity and humanity of every citizen in this State.
Mr Barnett: Where is your policy? Dr GALLOP: I would like the leader to repeat that. Mr Barnett: You have no policy. Dr GALLOP: No, that is not what I heard. I want the leader to repeat what he said earlier. Mr Barnett: That is not a moral position to take on this issue. Dr GALLOP: He said there is no morality in this Government. The Leader of the Opposition wants a system in Western Australia that allows one group of people to be discriminated against. He calls himself a Liberal! When he became leader - Mr Barnett: What about heterosexual couples waiting to adopt a child? What about their rights? Where do they stand? Dr GALLOP: The Labor Party believes that adoption laws should provide that the interests of the children come first. Mr Barnett: You are talking about adoption by gay couples! That is not in the interests of children. Dr GALLOP: I repeat something I said in the Parliament recently: there is no greater moral principle than to recognise the dignity and humanity of every citizen in this State.
Dr GALLOP: I would like the leader to repeat that. Mr Barnett: You have no policy. Dr GALLOP: No, that is not what I heard. I want the leader to repeat what he said earlier. Mr Barnett: That is not a moral position to take on this issue. Dr GALLOP: He said there is no morality in this Government. The Leader of the Opposition wants a system in Western Australia that allows one group of people to be discriminated against. He calls himself a Liberal! When he became leader - Mr Barnett: What about heterosexual couples waiting to adopt a child? What about their rights? Where do they stand? Dr GALLOP: The Labor Party believes that adoption laws should provide that the interests of the children come first. Mr Barnett: You are talking about adoption by gay couples! That is not in the interests of children. Dr GALLOP: I repeat something I said in the Parliament recently: there is no greater moral principle than to recognise the dignity and humanity of every citizen in this State.
Mr Barnett: You have no policy. Dr GALLOP: No, that is not what I heard. I want the leader to repeat what he said earlier. Mr Barnett: That is not a moral position to take on this issue. Dr GALLOP: He said there is no morality in this Government. The Leader of the Opposition wants a system in Western Australia that allows one group of people to be discriminated against. He calls himself a Liberal! When he became leader - Mr Barnett: What about heterosexual couples waiting to adopt a child? What about their rights? Where do they stand? Dr GALLOP: The Labor Party believes that adoption laws should provide that the interests of the children come first. Mr Barnett: You are talking about adoption by gay couples! That is not in the interests of children. Dr GALLOP: I repeat something I said in the Parliament recently: there is no greater moral principle than to recognise the dignity and humanity of every citizen in this State.
Dr GALLOP: No, that is not what I heard. I want the leader to repeat what he said earlier. Mr Barnett: That is not a moral position to take on this issue. Dr GALLOP: He said there is no morality in this Government. The Leader of the Opposition wants a system in Western Australia that allows one group of people to be discriminated against. He calls himself a Liberal! When he became leader - Mr Barnett: What about heterosexual couples waiting to adopt a child? What about their rights? Where do they stand? Dr GALLOP: The Labor Party believes that adoption laws should provide that the interests of the children come first. Mr Barnett: You are talking about adoption by gay couples! That is not in the interests of children. Dr GALLOP: I repeat something I said in the Parliament recently: there is no greater moral principle than to recognise the dignity and humanity of every citizen in this State.
Mr Barnett: That is not a moral position to take on this issue. Dr GALLOP: He said there is no morality in this Government. The Leader of the Opposition wants a system in Western Australia that allows one group of people to be discriminated against. He calls himself a Liberal! When he became leader - Mr Barnett: What about heterosexual couples waiting to adopt a child? What about their rights? Where do they stand? Dr GALLOP: The Labor Party believes that adoption laws should provide that the interests of the children come first. Mr Barnett: You are talking about adoption by gay couples! That is not in the interests of children. Dr GALLOP: I repeat something I said in the Parliament recently: there is no greater moral principle than to recognise the dignity and humanity of every citizen in this State.
Dr GALLOP: He said there is no morality in this Government. The Leader of the Opposition wants a system in Western Australia that allows one group of people to be discriminated against. He calls himself a Liberal! When he became leader - Mr Barnett: What about heterosexual couples waiting to adopt a child? What about their rights? Where do they stand? Dr GALLOP: The Labor Party believes that adoption laws should provide that the interests of the children come first. Mr Barnett: You are talking about adoption by gay couples! That is not in the interests of children. Dr GALLOP: I repeat something I said in the Parliament recently: there is no greater moral principle than to recognise the dignity and humanity of every citizen in this State.
Mr Barnett: What about heterosexual couples waiting to adopt a child? What about their rights? Where do they stand? Dr GALLOP: The Labor Party believes that adoption laws should provide that the interests of the children come first. Mr Barnett: You are talking about adoption by gay couples! That is not in the interests of children. Dr GALLOP: I repeat something I said in the Parliament recently: there is no greater moral principle than to recognise the dignity and humanity of every citizen in this State.
Dr GALLOP: The Labor Party believes that adoption laws should provide that the interests of the children come first. Mr Barnett: You are talking about adoption by gay couples! That is not in the interests of children. Dr GALLOP: I repeat something I said in the Parliament recently: there is no greater moral principle than to recognise the dignity and humanity of every citizen in this State.
Mr Barnett: You are talking about adoption by gay couples! That is not in the interests of children. Dr GALLOP: I repeat something I said in the Parliament recently: there is no greater moral principle than to recognise the dignity and humanity of every citizen in this State.
Dr GALLOP: I repeat something I said in the Parliament recently: there is no greater moral principle than to recognise the dignity and humanity of every citizen in this State.
Dr GALLOP replied: I do not know in which State the Leader of the Opposition has been living in recent years. Obviously, he did not take note of, first, a very important conference of the Labor Party, at which it outlined clearly that its commitment was to equality for all Western Australians. That was well understood and known. Secondly, obviously the Leader of the Opposition, who was a minister in the former coalition Government, did not take note of the many questions on this issue that were asked of me during the campaign. I made it absolutely clear, in answer to each one of them, that Labor would establish equality for all Western Australians. I will check on our policies, but I think members will find that we issued a policy on law reform and justice for all Western Australians. The Labor Party’s position on this issue is clear, and has been for a long time. I have been asked about the matter on numerous occasions on talkback radio and in public forums that I have attended. Labor will establish equality for all Western Australians. Mr Barnett: Where is your policy that says same-sex couples can adopt children? Dr GALLOP: What is wrong with this Opposition? Mr Barnett: Where is your policy? Dr GALLOP: I would like the leader to repeat that. Mr Barnett: You have no policy. Dr GALLOP: No, that is not what I heard. I want the leader to repeat what he said earlier. Mr Barnett: That is not a moral position to take on this issue. Dr GALLOP: He said there is no morality in this Government. The Leader of the Opposition wants a system in Western Australia that allows one group of people to be discriminated against. He calls himself a Liberal! When he became leader - Mr Barnett: What about heterosexual couples waiting to adopt a child? What about their rights? Where do they stand? Dr GALLOP: The Labor Party believes that adoption laws should provide that the interests of the children come first. Mr Barnett: You are talking about adoption by gay couples! That is not in the interests of children. Dr GALLOP: I repeat something I said in the Parliament recently: there is no greater moral principle than to recognise the dignity and humanity of every citizen in this State.
I do not know in which State the Leader of the Opposition has been living in recent years. Obviously, he did not take note of, first, a very important conference of the Labor Party, at which it outlined clearly that its commitment was to equality for all Western Australians. That was well understood and known. Secondly, obviously the Leader of the Opposition, who was a minister in the former coalition Government, did not take note of the many questions on this issue that were asked of me during the campaign. I made it absolutely clear, in answer to each one of them, that Labor would establish equality for all Western Australians. I will check on our policies, but I think members will find that we issued a policy on law reform and justice for all Western Australians. The Labor Party’s position on this issue is clear, and has been for a long time. I have been asked about the matter on numerous occasions on talkback radio and in public forums that I have attended. Labor will establish equality for all Western Australians. Mr Barnett: Where is your policy that says same-sex couples can adopt children? Dr GALLOP: What is wrong with this Opposition? Mr Barnett: Where is your policy? Dr GALLOP: I would like the leader to repeat that. Mr Barnett: You have no policy. Dr GALLOP: No, that is not what I heard. I want the leader to repeat what he said earlier. Mr Barnett: That is not a moral position to take on this issue. Dr GALLOP: He said there is no morality in this Government. The Leader of the Opposition wants a system in Western Australia that allows one group of people to be discriminated against. He calls himself a Liberal! When he became leader - Mr Barnett: What about heterosexual couples waiting to adopt a child? What about their rights? Where do they stand? Dr GALLOP: The Labor Party believes that adoption laws should provide that the interests of the children come first. Mr Barnett: You are talking about adoption by gay couples! That is not in the interests of children. Dr GALLOP: I repeat something I said in the Parliament recently: there is no greater moral principle than to recognise the dignity and humanity of every citizen in this State.
The Labor Party’s position on this issue is clear, and has been for a long time. I have been asked about the matter on numerous occasions on talkback radio and in public forums that I have attended. Labor will establish equality for all Western Australians. Mr Barnett: Where is your policy that says same-sex couples can adopt children? Dr GALLOP: What is wrong with this Opposition? Mr Barnett: Where is your policy? Dr GALLOP: I would like the leader to repeat that. Mr Barnett: You have no policy. Dr GALLOP: No, that is not what I heard. I want the leader to repeat what he said earlier. Mr Barnett: That is not a moral position to take on this issue. Dr GALLOP: He said there is no morality in this Government. The Leader of the Opposition wants a system in Western Australia that allows one group of people to be discriminated against. He calls himself a Liberal! When he became leader - Mr Barnett: What about heterosexual couples waiting to adopt a child? What about their rights? Where do they stand? Dr GALLOP: The Labor Party believes that adoption laws should provide that the interests of the children come first. Mr Barnett: You are talking about adoption by gay couples! That is not in the interests of children. Dr GALLOP: I repeat something I said in the Parliament recently: there is no greater moral principle than to recognise the dignity and humanity of every citizen in this State.
Mr Barnett: Where is your policy that says same-sex couples can adopt children? Dr GALLOP: What is wrong with this Opposition? Mr Barnett: Where is your policy? Dr GALLOP: I would like the leader to repeat that. Mr Barnett: You have no policy. Dr GALLOP: No, that is not what I heard. I want the leader to repeat what he said earlier. Mr Barnett: That is not a moral position to take on this issue. Dr GALLOP: He said there is no morality in this Government. The Leader of the Opposition wants a system in Western Australia that allows one group of people to be discriminated against. He calls himself a Liberal! When he became leader - Mr Barnett: What about heterosexual couples waiting to adopt a child? What about their rights? Where do they stand? Dr GALLOP: The Labor Party believes that adoption laws should provide that the interests of the children come first. Mr Barnett: You are talking about adoption by gay couples! That is not in the interests of children. Dr GALLOP: I repeat something I said in the Parliament recently: there is no greater moral principle than to recognise the dignity and humanity of every citizen in this State.
Dr GALLOP: What is wrong with this Opposition? Mr Barnett: Where is your policy? Dr GALLOP: I would like the leader to repeat that. Mr Barnett: You have no policy. Dr GALLOP: No, that is not what I heard. I want the leader to repeat what he said earlier. Mr Barnett: That is not a moral position to take on this issue. Dr GALLOP: He said there is no morality in this Government. The Leader of the Opposition wants a system in Western Australia that allows one group of people to be discriminated against. He calls himself a Liberal! When he became leader - Mr Barnett: What about heterosexual couples waiting to adopt a child? What about their rights? Where do they stand? Dr GALLOP: The Labor Party believes that adoption laws should provide that the interests of the children come first. Mr Barnett: You are talking about adoption by gay couples! That is not in the interests of children. Dr GALLOP: I repeat something I said in the Parliament recently: there is no greater moral principle than to recognise the dignity and humanity of every citizen in this State.
Mr Barnett: Where is your policy? Dr GALLOP: I would like the leader to repeat that. Mr Barnett: You have no policy. Dr GALLOP: No, that is not what I heard. I want the leader to repeat what he said earlier. Mr Barnett: That is not a moral position to take on this issue. Dr GALLOP: He said there is no morality in this Government. The Leader of the Opposition wants a system in Western Australia that allows one group of people to be discriminated against. He calls himself a Liberal! When he became leader - Mr Barnett: What about heterosexual couples waiting to adopt a child? What about their rights? Where do they stand? Dr GALLOP: The Labor Party believes that adoption laws should provide that the interests of the children come first. Mr Barnett: You are talking about adoption by gay couples! That is not in the interests of children. Dr GALLOP: I repeat something I said in the Parliament recently: there is no greater moral principle than to recognise the dignity and humanity of every citizen in this State.
Dr GALLOP: I would like the leader to repeat that. Mr Barnett: You have no policy. Dr GALLOP: No, that is not what I heard. I want the leader to repeat what he said earlier. Mr Barnett: That is not a moral position to take on this issue. Dr GALLOP: He said there is no morality in this Government. The Leader of the Opposition wants a system in Western Australia that allows one group of people to be discriminated against. He calls himself a Liberal! When he became leader - Mr Barnett: What about heterosexual couples waiting to adopt a child? What about their rights? Where do they stand? Dr GALLOP: The Labor Party believes that adoption laws should provide that the interests of the children come first. Mr Barnett: You are talking about adoption by gay couples! That is not in the interests of children. Dr GALLOP: I repeat something I said in the Parliament recently: there is no greater moral principle than to recognise the dignity and humanity of every citizen in this State.
Mr Barnett: You have no policy. Dr GALLOP: No, that is not what I heard. I want the leader to repeat what he said earlier. Mr Barnett: That is not a moral position to take on this issue. Dr GALLOP: He said there is no morality in this Government. The Leader of the Opposition wants a system in Western Australia that allows one group of people to be discriminated against. He calls himself a Liberal! When he became leader - Mr Barnett: What about heterosexual couples waiting to adopt a child? What about their rights? Where do they stand? Dr GALLOP: The Labor Party believes that adoption laws should provide that the interests of the children come first. Mr Barnett: You are talking about adoption by gay couples! That is not in the interests of children. Dr GALLOP: I repeat something I said in the Parliament recently: there is no greater moral principle than to recognise the dignity and humanity of every citizen in this State.
Dr GALLOP: No, that is not what I heard. I want the leader to repeat what he said earlier. Mr Barnett: That is not a moral position to take on this issue. Dr GALLOP: He said there is no morality in this Government. The Leader of the Opposition wants a system in Western Australia that allows one group of people to be discriminated against. He calls himself a Liberal! When he became leader - Mr Barnett: What about heterosexual couples waiting to adopt a child? What about their rights? Where do they stand? Dr GALLOP: The Labor Party believes that adoption laws should provide that the interests of the children come first. Mr Barnett: You are talking about adoption by gay couples! That is not in the interests of children. Dr GALLOP: I repeat something I said in the Parliament recently: there is no greater moral principle than to recognise the dignity and humanity of every citizen in this State.
Mr Barnett: That is not a moral position to take on this issue. Dr GALLOP: He said there is no morality in this Government. The Leader of the Opposition wants a system in Western Australia that allows one group of people to be discriminated against. He calls himself a Liberal! When he became leader - Mr Barnett: What about heterosexual couples waiting to adopt a child? What about their rights? Where do they stand? Dr GALLOP: The Labor Party believes that adoption laws should provide that the interests of the children come first. Mr Barnett: You are talking about adoption by gay couples! That is not in the interests of children. Dr GALLOP: I repeat something I said in the Parliament recently: there is no greater moral principle than to recognise the dignity and humanity of every citizen in this State.
Dr GALLOP: He said there is no morality in this Government. The Leader of the Opposition wants a system in Western Australia that allows one group of people to be discriminated against. He calls himself a Liberal! When he became leader - Mr Barnett: What about heterosexual couples waiting to adopt a child? What about their rights? Where do they stand? Dr GALLOP: The Labor Party believes that adoption laws should provide that the interests of the children come first. Mr Barnett: You are talking about adoption by gay couples! That is not in the interests of children. Dr GALLOP: I repeat something I said in the Parliament recently: there is no greater moral principle than to recognise the dignity and humanity of every citizen in this State.
Mr Barnett: What about heterosexual couples waiting to adopt a child? What about their rights? Where do they stand? Dr GALLOP: The Labor Party believes that adoption laws should provide that the interests of the children come first. Mr Barnett: You are talking about adoption by gay couples! That is not in the interests of children. Dr GALLOP: I repeat something I said in the Parliament recently: there is no greater moral principle than to recognise the dignity and humanity of every citizen in this State.
Dr GALLOP: The Labor Party believes that adoption laws should provide that the interests of the children come first. Mr Barnett: You are talking about adoption by gay couples! That is not in the interests of children. Dr GALLOP: I repeat something I said in the Parliament recently: there is no greater moral principle than to recognise the dignity and humanity of every citizen in this State.
Mr Barnett: You are talking about adoption by gay couples! That is not in the interests of children. Dr GALLOP: I repeat something I said in the Parliament recently: there is no greater moral principle than to recognise the dignity and humanity of every citizen in this State.
Dr GALLOP: I repeat something I said in the Parliament recently: there is no greater moral principle than to recognise the dignity and humanity of every citizen in this State.
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