They were removed from their traditional culture and in some ways that was sad. If a Roma family put themselves forward for adopting and passed the tests, I for one one would see a good all round solution. It was weighed against abusive parents who included physical violence and disregard for ensuring attendance in school and access to medical care on two occasions.

There is no question of liberal rights, whatever they are. UK law accepts that a family situation that can successfully raise children includes same sex couples, as thousands of people of gay parents will testify. The law doesn't distinguish as this case reiterates.

The law starts and finishes with the law. The opinion you certainly did express was to slur people for being same sex couples and to the law for seeing all people as having equal opportunity.

It's called having form.




Keith. My professional identity is separate from my domestic one, as with many people in high profile situations. The disgraceful slurs from idiots such as yourself being a good reason for doing so. The freedom to say what I think rather than the constraints of office are, as I said many times, cathartic. That said, quite a few people know both the bloke with a pint in a folk club and the prof at the lectern. Neither of me would wish to know you though, judging by your attitude and actions.