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A woman dares to question gay adoption and the police move in . . . George Orwell would be proud of them; Melanie Phillips THE COLUMN.(Column)

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From: The Daily Mail (London, England)
Date: 20051212
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Byline: MELANIE PHILLIPS

WHEN the new Civil Partnership Act came into force last week, family values campaigner Lynette Burrows took part in a discussion on BBC Radio Five Live about its implications.

During the programme, Ms Burrows said she did not believe homosexuals should be allowed to adopt. Placing boys with two homosexuals for adoption, she said, was as obvious a risk as placing a girl with two heterosexual men who offered themselves as parents.

To her astonishment, the following day she was contacted by the police who said a 'homophobic incident' had been ...

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