IN Montreal a ‘throuple’ of three polyamorous men have adopted a three-year-old girl.
The men are seeking to have all three of them recognised as her legal parents. Their bid comes hard on the heels of a bizarre ruling in Quebec in April ordering the Civil Code to allow more than two legal parents.
For what possible reason? You may well ask. It is this: capping ‘filiation’ at two parents sends the message that only ‘so-called “normal” families, with a maximum of two parents, represent family structures that are valid and worthy of legal recognition’.
