Drama in the Lords!

The second reading of the Human Embryology and Fertilisation Bill actually managed to induce a heart attack in the noble Lord Brennan, who collapsed just after 7.30pm last night.

Luckily Government Health Minister Lord Darzi was on hand to massage the poor bloke's heart as they waited for an ambulance to arrive, and it looks as if he's going to be okay.

The Bill has raised hackles amongst the usual quarters regarding some of its fruitier provisions which would make it easier for gay and lesbian couples to become parents and be recognised legally as such.

The God Squad - led by the Archbishop of York - are up in arms against these out-RAG-eous aspirations which he, somewhat confusingly, condemned as a symptom of "consumerist culture." Eh?

We at Westmonster beg to differ. According to a report in the Telegraph this morning, children do worse when the mother goes out to work and the father assumes the traditional female role of homemaker (as our American cousins say).

Shurely allowing our lesbian comrades to conceive with greater ease would ensure that children get a double-whammy of that mother luvvin' that the Telegraph are so keen on. What's not to like?

Written by Lloyd Shepherd on 20 Nov 2007 10:45 AM. Permalink