Comments on: Landmark ruling for LGBT rights in Chile http://boingboing.net/2012/03/22/landmark-ruling-for-lgbt-right.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 06:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: AnthonyC http://boingboing.net/2012/03/22/landmark-ruling-for-lgbt-right.html#comment-1378950 AnthonyC Sun, 25 Mar 2012 01:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=150868#comment-1378950 I had never heard of that Inter-American Court of Human Rights before. Is this ruling actually binding on the Chilean government/judicial system? I had never heard of that Inter-American Court of Human Rights before. Is this ruling actually binding on the Chilean government/judicial system?

]]> By: llazy8 http://boingboing.net/2012/03/22/landmark-ruling-for-lgbt-right.html#comment-1377912 llazy8 Fri, 23 Mar 2012 15:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=150868#comment-1377912 Nobody ever asks if the kids are heterosexual.  They *must* be.  Nobody ever asks if the kids are heterosexual.  They *must* be. 

]]> By: Domingo http://boingboing.net/2012/03/22/landmark-ruling-for-lgbt-right.html#comment-1377429 Domingo Thu, 22 Mar 2012 23:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=150868#comment-1377429 The original chilean Supreme Court ruling that was deemed discriminatory by the  Inter-American Court of Human Rights stated that the best interest of the girls was to live with their father, because: 1- They could be socially discriminated by living with their mother. So the state, in order to shelter them from the evils of discrimination, must separate them from the mother. 2- Their mother, by choosing to live with her partner, selfishly put her interests before those of the girls (one assumes, by dooming them to be discriminated), thus showing parental neglect. For real. The original chilean Supreme Court ruling that was deemed discriminatory by the 
Inter-American Court of Human Rights stated that the best interest of the girls was to live with their father, because:
1- They could be socially discriminated by living with their mother. So the state, in order to shelter them from the evils of discrimination, must separate them from the mother.
2- Their mother, by choosing to live with her partner, selfishly put her interests before those of the girls (one assumes, by dooming them to be discriminated), thus showing parental neglect.

For real.

]]> By: Alejandro Roth http://boingboing.net/2012/03/22/landmark-ruling-for-lgbt-right.html#comment-1377370 Alejandro Roth Thu, 22 Mar 2012 22:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=150868#comment-1377370 Unfortunately, a representative of the Chilean Supreme Court came out and dismissed the ruling. “We must take into account the best interest of the girls and prevent their harm”, even though two lower courts had awarded custody to the mother, based on the favorable psychiatric reports. Unfortunately, a representative of the Chilean Supreme Court came out and dismissed the ruling. “We must take into account the best interest of the girls and prevent their harm”, even though two lower courts had awarded custody to the mother, based on the favorable psychiatric reports.

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