November 11, 2025
Protecting Kids from Radical Adoption Experiments: A Wake Up Call from Canada
By: Idaho Representative Heather Scott
Picture this: three men in a romantic relationship are granted legal parent status over a three-year-old girl. That’s exactly what happened in Montreal, Quebec, on September 30, 2025. The three men had been a romantic trio for seven years and fostered the girl for two years before a court approved the adoption. It’s the first time in Canadian history that a “throuple” was legally recognized as parents.
This followed an April 2025 Quebec court ruling that declared it “discriminatory” to limit children to only two legal parents. The new policy allows three or more adults to appear on a child’s birth certificate, share custody rights, and make decisions on medical or financial matters.
The men call it “three times the love.” But many family advocates warn it’s three times the confusion, especially for the child. Critics say these rulings treat children as social experiments and blur the natural foundation of family: one mother and one father. Future generations of Canadians will now be left to pick up and pay for the shattered lives of these precious children which Canada deems as judicial experiments.
Here in Idaho, we cherish strong, traditional families. State law currently allows adoptions only by a single adult or a married husband and wife. Our Parental Rights Act (2023) reinforces that parents (not the government) hold the ultimate authority in raising children.
But culture and court rulings in other regions often ripple across borders. Just as same-sex marriage began as a regional experiment and quickly spread nationwide, multi-parent adoptions could follow the same path. We don’t know of any US cases like this YET, but if Idaho doesn’t act pre-emptively, future judges might reinterpret “best interests of the child” to include polyamorous households, zoophilia or other non-traditional setups.
Studies consistently show that children raised by their married biological mom and dad experience better emotional stability, academic success, and long-term well-being. The Brookings Institute conducted research which shows that family structure plays a big role, as evidenced by their data. Children at every age have a greater chance of success in a home where the mother and father are married, and a lesser chance of success in homes of never married mothers.
The Canadian case raises many troubling questions including:
- How does a child emotionally process having three dads but no mom?
- What happens if one adult leaves the relationship—does the child lose a parent?
- Who decides major issues like schooling, healthcare, or inheritance?
- What if there’s a disagreement? Do all the parents vote and majority rules?
- Why does a society allow a court to make these extremely dysfunctional decisions?
Experts warn that these arrangements will invite chaos—custody battles, identity confusion, extended family issues, and even bullying. Idaho has over 1,500 foster children waiting for stable homes. Instead of importing untested social models and cruel experiments in the name of parental flexibility, we should strengthen adoption by committed mothers and fathers who provide clear, loving structure. This type of court ruling shows no forethought on the long-term protection of the child nor compassion towards the child who has no say in the matter.
Idaho needs to act soon to safeguard family law and preserve the mom-and-dad family foundation. The Idaho legislature made a good start last year when they passed HCR018, creating ‘Traditional Family Month’, but there is more we can do like:
- Updating Idaho Code to affirm that a child may have no more than two legal parents, either a single individual or a married couple.
- Educate the others by creating petitions and hosting community discussions through churches, civic groups, and schools to raise awareness to protect children.
- Encourage citizens to meet or write their legislators and emphasize that that Idaho’s values must not be rewritten by activist courts or out-of-state precedents.
- Monitor our courts and not allow any Idaho judge to stretch family definitions beyond existing law. Citizens and lawmakers must act quickly through appeals and legislative oversight.
Acting before similar policies gain traction elsewhere ensures Idaho remains a state where family stability comes first.
The Quebec case is a real wake-up call. Behind the language of “inclusivity” lies a push to redefine the family itself. Idaho must stand firm and protect children’s right to a human mom and a human dad, defending parental authority, and resisting social experiments that treat kids as test cases.
Let’s keep Idaho a place where family means commitment, clarity, and love rooted in truth, not in courtroom experiments. Family means two parents, a married mother and father. Together, we can preserve the best environment for Idaho’s children to grow, thrive, and belong.
