[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by MTVN

- Co-habiting couples are much more likely to split up than married couples, with potentially harmful emotional consequences for children, yet they are not banned from adopting and fostering - like she says "if blanket bans are an effective and legitimate means to protect children then we should no more allow cohabiting couples to adopt or foster than convicted sex offenders."

Sorry this sounds utterly ridiculous to me. There is a massive difference between your parents potentially splitting up and you potentially being abused. To even attempt to draw a comparison between the two is ludicrous :S

As for a low amount of sex offenders being re-convicted...well...I would think thats more because they are more careful not to slip up again and get caught than anything else. Like shoplifters, get caught once, up your sneakyness next time. But I guess this part depends on if you believe rehabilitation works...I do not. As I think something is just wired up wrong in paedophiles and nothing will change that.