Parents who responded to New Family Social's survey told of headteachers advising only one of the parents to attend parents' evening in order to avoid homophobic reactions from other parents.Īnjie Mosher, 42, from Blackpool, who adopted two boys, now six and seven, in 2010, was told that the vicar on the board of governors at the school her sons attend would not baptise her children because he didn't "recognise" her relationship with her partner, Deborah. The school, as do many across the country, encourages discussion of all types of family units.īut such flashpoints can make the challenging experience of adoption all the harder for gay men and women. His son, now nine, is excused from that assembly and encouraged to make cards for his godmother and grandmother. The problem was soon resolved, adds Fernando, 41, who does not want his full name published. Every child had to stand up and say something good about their mum." In the first year of our son attending, the children were singing All Things Bright and Beautiful, but changing the lyrics to describe their mothers. Fernando, who adopted a son with his male partner almost three years ago, says: "We didn't realise how big Mother's Day assembly would be.
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