Date published: 2006/06/19
The BBC says:
Conservative leader David Cameron is to encourage fathers to be there for the "magic moment" of their child's birth.
Mr Cameron, 39, will say in a speech on Tuesday that childbirth can be a key bonding moment or a "missed opportunity which leaves a couple drifting apart".
He will propose a policy review group looks at how to help new parents.
Mr Cameron will also reportedly say gay partners who have had a civil ceremony should enjoy the same tax breaks as heterosexual married couples.
Mr Cameron, a father of three, will say "making sure both parents are really engaged at the moment of birth is therefore important".
"Our policy review will be looking to learn lessons from successful projects around the world addressing this specific aspect of the couple relationship," he will tell the National Parenting Institute.
One option might include "family relationship centres", like those seen in Australia, which offer support for couples.
According to previews of the speech Mr Cameron, who told the Sunday Times that his family was more important to him than being prime minister, will also warn against trying to force people into conventional lifestyles.
Dear, oh dear, fathers being at the birth of their children as the solution to all social problems on the planet. Does anybody in the Tory party believe this stuff?
Of course if he was really against "trying to force people into conventional lifestyles" then he would be taking all tax breaks (in particular with regard to capital gains and inheritance tax) away from married people instead of giving them in addition to gays in civil partnerships. Why should any of these people be given tax breaks, are they somehow morally superior to the rest of the country? (No, they are just in the majority so think that the minority should subsidise their lifestyle.)
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