Judge orders baby return adopted by lesbians in the US

Magistrate claims that "children grow best in heterosexual homes" and asks to take the girl living mothers, who already have two adopted children


Three months ago, April Hoagland and Rebecca Peirce received at home a new member in the family: a little girl of eight months. But this week, the companions of Utah in the United States, were surprised by the sad news: they would have to return the baby, who just turned one year, because they are lesbians.


According to them, a judge of the juvenile court reported that the child would be removed from the home in seven days and then be delivered to a heterosexual couple. "He said that research shows that children grow best in heterosexual homes," said April the American newspaper "The Salt LakeTribune".

The judge did not provide details of research at the session of the court, but the publication reports that a spokesman confirmed the information.


"I was taken by surprise because I never thought it could happen," said Rebecca.


April and Rebekah, who are married, have created two other children, 12 and 14, when they were approved by the Children Service Division and state your family as mothers foster them. Therefore, they had hopes of getting full custody of the baby also.


Brent Platt, director of the child welfare agency of Utah, told the newspaper that the agency can also appeal the sentence feel that the decision "is not best for the child."

In Utah, voters decided to ban marriages between people of the same sex, but the result harvested at the polls was revoked last year for federal judges.