By Thaddeus M. Baklinski
VILNIUS, Lithuania, January 31, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a reaction to the European Court of Human Rights ruling on January 22nd that France had acted illegally by preventing a lesbian woman from adopting a child, the head of a Lithuanian parliamentary commission on Wednesday said Lithuanian gays and lesbians must be stopped from adopting children.
Rima Baskiene made the comments after an extraordinary sitting of the Seimas (Parliament) Commission for Family and Child Affairs.
“Moral principles, the strengthening of the institution of the family, the strengthening of institutional responsibility – everything must be directed in such a way that there would be no such instances (adoptions by homosexuals) in Lithuania,” Baskiene said.
She added that “Lithuania needs to think ahead in order to stem any threats to our children,” suggesting that the adoptions could be blocked at an institutional level, and that particular thought must be given to the responsibility and competence of specialists who prepare individuals for adoption.