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===Children=== | ===Children=== | ||
Whether the battle over a child is between two parents of the same gender or between parents of opposite genders, the legal test that the parents and the court should consider is the same: what arrangements are in the child's best interests? That | Whether the battle over a child is between two parents of the same gender or between parents of opposite genders, the legal test that the parents and the court should consider is the same: what arrangements are in the child's best interests? That's the court's only concern. The courts have been crystal clear that the sexual orientation of the child's parents is only one of many factors to be considered and is often a non-issue. This is what a few judges have had to say: | ||
''[http://canlii.ca/t/1f6rk Anger v. Anger]'', 1998 CanLII 4490 (BCSC): | ''[http://canlii.ca/t/1f6rk Anger v. Anger]'', 1998 CanLII 4490 (BCSC): | ||
