Proposal seeks to include right to adopt in registered partnership legislation
A The Green Party has recently brought forward a proposal to change
legislation so that gay and lesbian individuals in the Czech Republic
who live in a registered partnership would be able to adopt children. The
proposal is based on an analysis by the Committee for Sexual Minorities. Within
Europe, individual adoption for gays and lesbians in registered partnerships is
legal in a number of countries, including Germany,
Norway and the UK.
B Lucie Otahálová works for the Government Council for Human Rights,
which has declared the current adoption law an act of discrimination against
same sex couples who live in registered partnerships. She says: “Both married
heterosexual couples and individuals of both orientations can adopt children. A
person who enters a registered partnership is the only individual that is not
legally able to adopt a child.”
C Psychologists have different opinions. Child psychologist Jaroslav
Šturma opposes the proposed change
in the adoption law. “The optimal model is the model of the family that is
based on a relationship between a man and a woman. So I believe that such a law
would be a wrong signal for the public.” But other psychologists cite research
findings that paint a different picture. Dr. Hana Polašková, whose research
activity includes work with families with lesbian partners, says the presence
of parents of both sexes is not crucial
to the welfare of a child. “The general assumption
that children will necessarily do better being raised in the traditional family
lacks empirical support. We can say that children are likely to do well in such
a family environment that is characterized by an absence of conflict, where
there is a high level of cooperation, where there is trust and a lot of warmth
and care and so on.”
D Jarmila Kowolowská is bringing up two girls with her female partner.
She believes that the argument a male role model is necessary to ensure the
positive development of a child is not a strong one. “To me, this is actually
the weakest argument against the adoption of kids in same sex couples. You have
so many other people in your environment; it’s not just your father who
represents a certain role. There are friends, other members of the family,
teachers, people you meet when you exercise a certain hobby. There are so many
people around us that I can’t see how our children would lack a male role
model.”
E While the current proposal would not make it possible for homosexuals
to jointly adopt a child, which they can legally do in EU countries such as Belgium, Spain
and the Netherlands,
it would at least provide a basis for gays and lesbians to live in a registered
partnership and individually adopt children.
assumption – předpoklad
crucial – klíčový
oppose – být proti
1) Read the article and match each of the headings to a paragraph.
1 Psychologists’ opinions
2 Lucie Otáhalová’s opinion
3 Registered partners could
individually adopt children
4 Kowolowská’s opinion
5 Registered partners might
be able to adopt children according to The Green Party
2) Read the article and answer the questions.
1 What is the article about?
2 Who is Lucie Otáhalová? What
are her opinions?
3 What are psychologists’ opinions?
Do you agree with them? Why?
4 What do you know about
Jarmila Kowolowská?
3) Explain the following words.
1 registered partnership
2 adopt children
3 adoption law
4 bring up
5 jointly
4) Answer the following questions.
Who can adopt a child? What
are conditions for an adoption? What is a registered partnership? What rights
does it secure to the partners?
1.1)C
ReplyDelete2)B
3)E
4)D
5)A
2.
1)The article is about the opinions and change of rights of adoption of children for people living in a registered partnership.
2)she is a government advisor. she thinks that a person living in a registered partnership cannot legally adopt a child
3)A child psychologist is against thinking that the best model is the relationship between a man and a woman, but other psychologists are again in favor of the fact that families with the same sex do not affect the child.
4) She raises two girls, with her partner she thinks that the father in the family is not important for the development of the child. She has a lot of friends around her and therefore she thinks that her children are missing a family man
3.
registered partnerships are people of the same sex who live together
Adopt children is a situation where parents take any child from the facility, it is a child who is legally free
adoption law noun, substitute family care, a set of laws governing matters of adoption
bring up it is a situation where parents lead the child to the right behavior and take good care of it and pass on the experience
jointly it's a situation where people do something together and help each other
Who can adopt a child? A person over the age of 18 who lives in the Czech Republic is individually, the marriage can adopt
What are conditions for an adoption? A person who wants to adopt a child has to undergo many psychological examinations
What is a registered partnership? it is a situation where same-sex parents live together
What rights does it secure to the partners? Inherit, get information in the hospital.
1)
ReplyDelete1.C
2.B
3.E
4.D
5.A
2)
1. The article is about the adoption of the child by registered partners. Why yes and no?!
2. Lucie Otahálová works for the Government Council for Human Rights and she though that registered partners couldn't adopted a child is a discrimination.
3. The psychologists doesn't agree with her opinion because by them is the optimal model is the model of the family that is based on a relationship between a man and a woman.
4. Jarmila Kowolowská is bringing up two girls with her female partner. She trust that man's model isn't the main need for raising a child.
3)
1. it's a noun, it's a situation when people with same sex want to be in marriage, it's a kind of marriage, it's only a signing contract
2. it's a verb, it's a situation when someone wants to care about a alone child, so they become for them a new parents
3. it's a noun, it's a rights and obligations about adoption
4. it's a verb, it's a synonym for word like a care
5. it's a adjective, it's a synonym for word like a together
4)
The child can adopted only heterosexual married couple by the article. In other country registered partners can adopted but in our country they couldn't.
The conditions are be in married couple and take proper care of the child.
The registered partnership is married to people with the same sex.
It secure for them like knows a information in hospital, they can inherit etc..
1.
ReplyDelete1 c
2 b
3 e
4 d
5 a
2.
1 The article is about the same sex couple and their possibility adopt child. In article are reasons and thoughts why is good or bad adopt child with the same sex couple.
2 Lucie Otahálová works for the Government Council for Human Rights. She thinks this law is discrimination for the same sex couple.
3 Child psychologist Jaroslav Šturma opposes the proposed change in the adoption law. “The optimal model is the model of the family that is based on a relationship between a man and a woman. So I believe that such a law would be a wrong signal for the public.”
Dr. Hana Polašková, whose research activity includes work with families with lesbian partners, says the presence of parents of both sexes is not crucial to the welfare of a child.
I agree with Hana. The same sex couple can raise child same or better than heterosexual couple.
4 Jarmila Kowolowská is bringing up two girls with her female partner. She believes that the argument a male role model is necessary to ensure the positive development of a child is not a strong one. Becouse it’s not just your father who represents a certain role. There are friends, other members of the family, teachers, people you meet when you exercise a certain hobby.
3.
1 It is something like married coulpe. But they are the same sex couple.
2 It is situation when couple want to child and they can not have one. They accept someone else's child like their.
3 It is the rules for adoption like who can adopt child and how.
4 It is situation or rules how we behave to child. This situation and rules will make a child a good person.
5 It is the same word like together.
4.
A married couple or only man or woman. Conditions psycology test, training...
1) 1-c, 2-b, 3-e, 4-d, 5-a
ReplyDelete2) questions:
1- Article is about registered partnership and about opinions psychologists Lucie Otáhalová and Jarmila Kowolowska and Jaroslav Šturma, next article is about situation with adopt and include partnership in the Czech republic and Europe.
2- Lucie Otáhalová works for goverment council for human rights. Her opinion is that heterosexual couple can adopt children, homosexual couple can adopt children to.
3- Psychologists opinion is different. Somebody is for adpot law for homosexual couple and somebody is not, because they believe that right situation in famiy is partnershios between men and women.
4- Jarmila Kowolowská- live in lesbien ship. She nurture child with her girlfriend. She think and believe that child does not have to live with father.
3- words
Registered partnership- It is situation when people same sex couple live together in law.
Adopt children- It is situation, who wants take care children, but children have to legaly free without parents.
Adoption law- It is right deal link adoption. It is substitute family care.
bring up- It is situation when family take care children.
jointly- It is situation when somebody does something with other person or people.
4) questions 2
1 - individual parennts can adopt children, no together when they are not registered partner. Children can adopt partners, who has not children.
2-condition for adoption-