A BILL TO BAR ADOPTION BY THOSE WHO ENGAGE IN HOMOSEXUAL ACTIVITY, FOSTER PARENTING BY THOSE WHO ENGAGE IN HOMOSEXUAL ACTIVITY, OR SURROGACY ON BEHALF OF THOSE WHO ENGAGE IN HOMOSEXUAL ACTIVITY, ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION OF THOSE WHO ENGAGE IN HOMOSEXUAL ACTIVITY, AND TO ESTABLISH THAT THE HOMOSEXUAL ACTIVITY OF A PARENT CONSTITUTES A REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION OF INFERIORITY FOR CUSTODIAL PLACEMENT OF CHILDREN OF A DIVORCE. FURTHER, NONNATURAL PARENTS LIVING IN HOMOSEXUAL LIAISONS WHERE CHILDREN ARE PRESENT HAVE NO PARENTAL INTEREST IN THOSE CHILDREN SHOULD THE HOMOSEXUAL LIAISON DISSOLVE.
Whereas, homosexual activity contributes nothing to society and by its very nature provides dangerous amusement to those who participate in it. Whereas, society has a key interest in the production of and socialization of children to insure its continued existence, while homosexual activity offers no hope of producing children.
Whereas homosexual activity is disproportionately responsible for the spreading of various sexually transmissible diseases that are dangerous, burdensome, and costly to society, and that participation in homosexual activity is associated with heightened morbidity and mortality – an important public health interest of the state in encouraging conditions that further better health and longer length of life and reducing state expenditures for health care.
Whereas, children raised by those who engage in homosexual activity themselves more frequently come to engage in homosexual activity thereby endangering themselves and others.
Whereas, children raised by those who engage in homosexuality are more frequently subjected to a hypersexualized environment, sexual exploitation, rejection by their peers, rejection by adults, and other emotional harms. It shall be the law of the state of Colorado that the following are prohibited:
• Adoption of children by an individual or individuals who engage in homosexual activity;
• Foster care of children by an individual or individuals who engage in homosexual activity;
• Artificial insemination of an individual or individuals who engage in homosexual activity;
• Surrogacy on behalf of an individual or individuals who engage in homosexual activity; and
That if a parent who engages in homosexual activity is involved in a custody dispute concerning the children born or adopted within a marriage that ends in divorce, that parent’s homosexual activity will constitute a rebuttable presumption of unfitness.
If custody disputes arise between those who engage in homosexual activity living in liaisons that include a child or children, that the best interests of the child or children involved are paramount. As such, the natural or adoptive parent of the two shall have a rebuttable presumption of right to the child or children, and if no natural or adoptive parent exists, the state shall have a rebuttable presumption to create a placement for the child or children that separates the child or children from the influence of those who engage in homosexual activity.
Any person or institution found in violation of any of theprovisions of this law will have committed a felony, must surrender any license to practice any profession or opperate any facility, and is to be fined $5,000 plus court costs per violation. Each citizen is personally responsible for his actions under this law, no license or order by a superior in any institution of any kind absolves the individual of personal responsibility to obey this law and to suffer its penalties if it is broken.
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