SAME SEX ADOPTIONS

CAS places children with same sex couples

The Globe report follows the story of homosexuals Paul Farrell and David Smagata who, two years ago, became the first homosexual couple to jointly adopt a child - a nine month old boy – in Ontario through the Children's Aid Society (CAS). The report notes that Toronto's CAS has placed a total of nine children in six gay or lesbian homes. There have been 2 joint adoptions and a third is almost complete.  Farrell and Smagata say they are to apply this fall to adopt a second child.

(Globe and Mail, Monday, July 9, 2001)