Partners of lesbian mothers to get paternity leave

Telegraph UK ^ | 4/16/09 | Bruno Waterfield

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Both women in lesbian couples with children should be given compulsory paternity and maternity leave, under proposals tabled in the European Parliament.

Euro-MPs will vote next month on European Union legislation to give conventional fathers and gay second mothers mandatory rights to two weeks off work if their partner gives birth.

MEPs on the parliament's women's rights committee have amended European Commission proposals on "paternity/co-maternity" parental rights to reflect "different types of family structure", including homosexual couples.

[pissant]

No word on any benefits for the turkey baster yet...

[freekitty]

Why should both get benefits and that’s funny about the turkey baster who I am sure played a very important part.

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women in lesbian couples with children should be given compulsory paternity and maternity leave,...Euro-MPs will vote next month on European Union legislation to give conventional fathers and gay second mothers...

Little more complicated, wouldn't you say?

[hinckley buzzard]

The stupidities just keep on coming...

[Pinkbell]

Well I should hope all parties in a polygamist family get leave from work.

[fwdude]

The mandatory paternity leave issue itself is disturbing enough, as it only points to a nanny-state, anti-business mentality wedging itself into a society. This thinking only leads to what we see here.