VoxBrief - August 2007 - Why every child needs a mum and a dad

WHY EVERY CHILD NEEDS A MUM AND A DAD. Edited by Roslyn Phillips B Sc, Dip Ed. 

During a public hearing arranged by the federal Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC - now called the Human Rights Commission) for its 2006 inquiry into same-sex couple entitlements, a woman was giving evidence. All was calm until she said: "I believe that every child has the right to grow up with both a mother and a father role model."