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9:52am Monday 27th July 2009
A sister has acted as a surrogate mother to help her brother and his partner, who are both policemen, become fathers.
Mother-of-three Lorna Bradley, 31, volunteered to have their baby when her brother Steven Ponder, 28, a special constable, revealed a desire to start a family with Ivan Sigston, 48, a police constable.
Both men were present when Mrs Bradley gave birth to William Campbell Ponder-Sigston at her home in Worthing last month.
Hampshire Police dog handler Mr Sigston provided the sperm but did not put himself down as the father, meaning he and Mr Ponder must adopt William, the Sun reported.
Speaking at her terraced home in Worthing this morning, Mrs Bradley declined to go into detail about the circumstances surrounding the birth.
She said: "It's a bit shocking because we didn't know it was going to be in the paper.
"We are just thinking about what we are going to do at the moment.
"We knew there was a chance that it was going to get out but we would rather have some time to think about commenting.
"There is a lot of us involved in it so we have all got to discuss it."
A friend told the newspaper: "They are over the moon, and they cannot thank Lorna enough for what she has done.
"They have decorated a room at their home [in Southampton] in blue as a nursery and take William out with the dogs daily."
It was said that no fee was paid to Mrs Bradley, who had the baby with the consent of her husband Darren, with the friend saying it was done out of "sisterly love".
A spokesman for Surrogacy UK told the newspaper: "We wish this couple all the best, but under the law it is not a proper surrogacy arrangement.
"That involves the couple applying for a parental order within six months of the child's birth.
"At present, same-sex couples cannot apply for a parental order but have to go through the adoption process.
"As only Lorna's name is on the birth certificate, she is William's legal guardian."
leedsnowfan, withdean says...
11:04am Mon 27 Jul 09
leedsnowfan, withdean says...
11:07am Mon 27 Jul 09
leedsnowfan wrote:apologies - i now realise that my first statement regarding incest was a complete mistake.....i still stick by the second part tho....
i'll probably get in trouble for this but isn;t that technically incest??? call me whatever but this isnt right....if you are not in a relationship which can bear children surely you should live with that?
Andre Spooner, Brighton says...
11:29am Mon 27 Jul 09
rs, says...
12:44pm Mon 27 Jul 09
Randy Lahey, Sunnyvale Trailer Park says...
12:59pm Mon 27 Jul 09
rs wrote:do you have any facts or statistics to back up what you are saying, or is it just a case of condemning those who deviate slightly from a societal standard of disney-like perception of the term 'happy families'?
a child ideally needs a loving mother and father, and failing that a loving mother or father, not two gay men that want to play happy families. i'm far from homophobic but it goes without saying that the one sacrifice a gay man has to make is to forsake having children.
Cherry Pie, Brighton says...
1:05pm Mon 27 Jul 09
rs wrote:oh NO you didn't just go there...
a child ideally needs a loving mother and father, and failing that a loving mother or father, not two gay men that want to play happy families. i'm far from homophobic but it goes without saying that the one sacrifice a gay man has to make is to forsake having children.
Lil, Worthing says...
1:10pm Mon 27 Jul 09
rs wrote:What we all know is that abuse doesn't happen with heterosexual families. Never has there been a case either of a child in a heterosexual parenting situation of them being unhappy.
a child ideally needs a loving mother and father, and failing that a loving mother or father, not two gay men that want to play happy families.
i'm far from homophobic but it goes without saying that the one sacrifice a gay man has to make is to forsake having children.
rs, says...
1:25pm Mon 27 Jul 09
Lil wrote:you seem to be reading more in to what i said than is really there. a child should be brought up in as normal surroundings as possible. 2 gay men as "fathers" is far from the norm.
rs wrote: a child ideally needs a loving mother and father, and failing that a loving mother or father, not two gay men that want to play happy families. i'm far from homophobic but it goes without saying that the one sacrifice a gay man has to make is to forsake having children.What we all know is that abuse doesn't happen with heterosexual families. Never has there been a case either of a child in a heterosexual parenting situation of them being unhappy. We all know that homosexuals when they raise children are all in fact paedophiles seeking out some wicked fantasy..... Purrrrrlease. I have worked with children who have same-sex parents and they have all been lovely (well, within the remit 8 and 9 year olds can be!) Do your comments apply to children brought up by two aunts or uncles or what not if their parents are absent for whatever reason, e.g. died in a car crash? Are those two same sex 'parents' also paedophiles, rapists, muggers, BDSM fanatics too? Are they playing happy families? Doesn't everyone play at happy families one time or another. Or is all well in this blue skied land of bless and twittering birds?
Granny, Brighton says...
1:36pm Mon 27 Jul 09
Granny, Brighton says...
1:44pm Mon 27 Jul 09
stan bailey, brighton says...
2:02pm Mon 27 Jul 09
rs, says...
2:15pm Mon 27 Jul 09
Lil, Worthing says...
2:21pm Mon 27 Jul 09
rs wrote:Same sex parents is only made the unusual because society castigates the ideas and concepts that it is too small minded to embrace.
Lil wrote:you seem to be reading more in to what i said than is really there. a child should be brought up in as normal surroundings as possible. 2 gay men as "fathers" is far from the norm.
rs wrote: a child ideally needs a loving mother and father, and failing that a loving mother or father, not two gay men that want to play happy families. i'm far from homophobic but it goes without saying that the one sacrifice a gay man has to make is to forsake having children.What we all know is that abuse doesn't happen with heterosexual families. Never has there been a case either of a child in a heterosexual parenting situation of them being unhappy. We all know that homosexuals when they raise children are all in fact paedophiles seeking out some wicked fantasy..... Purrrrrlease. I have worked with children who have same-sex parents and they have all been lovely (well, within the remit 8 and 9 year olds can be!) Do your comments apply to children brought up by two aunts or uncles or what not if their parents are absent for whatever reason, e.g. died in a car crash? Are those two same sex 'parents' also paedophiles, rapists, muggers, BDSM fanatics too? Are they playing happy families? Doesn't everyone play at happy families one time or another. Or is all well in this blue skied land of bless and twittering birds?
Randy Lahey, Sunnyvale Trailer Park says...
2:33pm Mon 27 Jul 09
rs wrote:is it far from the norm ? To be honest, I would rather have two gay men bring up a child in a loving and caring environment than that same child be brought up by a "career parent" on benefits with no morals, but that is just wishful thinking - people who are actually physically able to have parents know best, right?
Lil wrote:you seem to be reading more in to what i said than is really there. a child should be brought up in as normal surroundings as possible. 2 gay men as "fathers" is far from the norm.rs wrote: a child ideally needs a loving mother and father, and failing that a loving mother or father, not two gay men that want to play happy families. i'm far from homophobic but it goes without saying that the one sacrifice a gay man has to make is to forsake having children.What we all know is that abuse doesn't happen with heterosexual families. Never has there been a case either of a child in a heterosexual parenting situation of them being unhappy. We all know that homosexuals when they raise children are all in fact paedophiles seeking out some wicked fantasy..... Purrrrrlease. I have worked with children who have same-sex parents and they have all been lovely (well, within the remit 8 and 9 year olds can be!) Do your comments apply to children brought up by two aunts or uncles or what not if their parents are absent for whatever reason, e.g. died in a car crash? Are those two same sex 'parents' also paedophiles, rapists, muggers, BDSM fanatics too? Are they playing happy families? Doesn't everyone play at happy families one time or another. Or is all well in this blue skied land of bless and twittering birds?
rs, says...
2:34pm Mon 27 Jul 09
Lil wrote:yes, it's because it's the way its allways been and allways should be.
rs wrote:Same sex parents is only made the unusual because society castigates the ideas and concepts that it is too small minded to embrace. The majority of children will be looked after well whoever their parents are, male, female, whatever -- judge each case on its own merits rather than tarring everyone with the same brush. How do you know it's best? Do you know of a sizeable amount of cases where children brought up by two same-sex individuals has wrought disaster? Or is it because that is the way things have always been and always should be?Lil wrote:you seem to be reading more in to what i said than is really there. a child should be brought up in as normal surroundings as possible. 2 gay men as "fathers" is far from the norm.rs wrote: a child ideally needs a loving mother and father, and failing that a loving mother or father, not two gay men that want to play happy families. i'm far from homophobic but it goes without saying that the one sacrifice a gay man has to make is to forsake having children.What we all know is that abuse doesn't happen with heterosexual families. Never has there been a case either of a child in a heterosexual parenting situation of them being unhappy. We all know that homosexuals when they raise children are all in fact paedophiles seeking out some wicked fantasy..... Purrrrrlease. I have worked with children who have same-sex parents and they have all been lovely (well, within the remit 8 and 9 year olds can be!) Do your comments apply to children brought up by two aunts or uncles or what not if their parents are absent for whatever reason, e.g. died in a car crash? Are those two same sex 'parents' also paedophiles, rapists, muggers, BDSM fanatics too? Are they playing happy families? Doesn't everyone play at happy families one time or another. Or is all well in this blue skied land of bless and twittering birds?
Cherry Pie, Brighton says...
3:27pm Mon 27 Jul 09
rs wrote:I fear the only people that child may be at risk of being bullied by is by people like you and yours!
Lil wrote:yes, it's because it's the way its allways been and allways should be. what about the emotional upheaval for the child when it finds out his aunty is actually his mother and gave him away to her brother and his boyfriend, don't you think that will have an emotional impact. then theres the bullying the child will no doubt suffer at school once the other kids find out about his background?rs wrote:Same sex parents is only made the unusual because society castigates the ideas and concepts that it is too small minded to embrace. The majority of children will be looked after well whoever their parents are, male, female, whatever -- judge each case on its own merits rather than tarring everyone with the same brush. How do you know it's best? Do you know of a sizeable amount of cases where children brought up by two same-sex individuals has wrought disaster? Or is it because that is the way things have always been and always should be?Lil wrote:you seem to be reading more in to what i said than is really there. a child should be brought up in as normal surroundings as possible. 2 gay men as "fathers" is far from the norm.rs wrote: a child ideally needs a loving mother and father, and failing that a loving mother or father, not two gay men that want to play happy families. i'm far from homophobic but it goes without saying that the one sacrifice a gay man has to make is to forsake having children.What we all know is that abuse doesn't happen with heterosexual families. Never has there been a case either of a child in a heterosexual parenting situation of them being unhappy. We all know that homosexuals when they raise children are all in fact paedophiles seeking out some wicked fantasy..... Purrrrrlease. I have worked with children who have same-sex parents and they have all been lovely (well, within the remit 8 and 9 year olds can be!) Do your comments apply to children brought up by two aunts or uncles or what not if their parents are absent for whatever reason, e.g. died in a car crash? Are those two same sex 'parents' also paedophiles, rapists, muggers, BDSM fanatics too? Are they playing happy families? Doesn't everyone play at happy families one time or another. Or is all well in this blue skied land of bless and twittering birds?
rs, says...
3:38pm Mon 27 Jul 09
Cherry Pie wrote:lol, well you feared wrong, i'm not a bully and will do my best to ensure that my young son won't be either.
rs wrote:I fear the only people that child may be at risk of being bullied by is by people like you and yours! Thank goodness not everyone holds your views.Lil wrote:yes, it's because it's the way its allways been and allways should be. what about the emotional upheaval for the child when it finds out his aunty is actually his mother and gave him away to her brother and his boyfriend, don't you think that will have an emotional impact. then theres the bullying the child will no doubt suffer at school once the other kids find out about his background?rs wrote:Same sex parents is only made the unusual because society castigates the ideas and concepts that it is too small minded to embrace. The majority of children will be looked after well whoever their parents are, male, female, whatever -- judge each case on its own merits rather than tarring everyone with the same brush. How do you know it's best? Do you know of a sizeable amount of cases where children brought up by two same-sex individuals has wrought disaster? Or is it because that is the way things have always been and always should be?Lil wrote:you seem to be reading more in to what i said than is really there. a child should be brought up in as normal surroundings as possible. 2 gay men as "fathers" is far from the norm.rs wrote: a child ideally needs a loving mother and father, and failing that a loving mother or father, not two gay men that want to play happy families. i'm far from homophobic but it goes without saying that the one sacrifice a gay man has to make is to forsake having children.What we all know is that abuse doesn't happen with heterosexual families. Never has there been a case either of a child in a heterosexual parenting situation of them being unhappy. We all know that homosexuals when they raise children are all in fact paedophiles seeking out some wicked fantasy..... Purrrrrlease. I have worked with children who have same-sex parents and they have all been lovely (well, within the remit 8 and 9 year olds can be!) Do your comments apply to children brought up by two aunts or uncles or what not if their parents are absent for whatever reason, e.g. died in a car crash? Are those two same sex 'parents' also paedophiles, rapists, muggers, BDSM fanatics too? Are they playing happy families? Doesn't everyone play at happy families one time or another. Or is all well in this blue skied land of bless and twittering birds?
one law for them, hove says...
4:28pm Mon 27 Jul 09
Fight Back, Hove says...
4:43pm Mon 27 Jul 09
rs wrote:The child would only get bullied because people like you pass your bigotted ideas on to your own children.
Lil wrote:yes, it's because it's the way its allways been and allways should be.
rs wrote:Same sex parents is only made the unusual because society castigates the ideas and concepts that it is too small minded to embrace. The majority of children will be looked after well whoever their parents are, male, female, whatever -- judge each case on its own merits rather than tarring everyone with the same brush. How do you know it's best? Do you know of a sizeable amount of cases where children brought up by two same-sex individuals has wrought disaster? Or is it because that is the way things have always been and always should be?Lil wrote:you seem to be reading more in to what i said than is really there. a child should be brought up in as normal surroundings as possible. 2 gay men as "fathers" is far from the norm.rs wrote: a child ideally needs a loving mother and father, and failing that a loving mother or father, not two gay men that want to play happy families. i'm far from homophobic but it goes without saying that the one sacrifice a gay man has to make is to forsake having children.What we all know is that abuse doesn't happen with heterosexual families. Never has there been a case either of a child in a heterosexual parenting situation of them being unhappy. We all know that homosexuals when they raise children are all in fact paedophiles seeking out some wicked fantasy..... Purrrrrlease. I have worked with children who have same-sex parents and they have all been lovely (well, within the remit 8 and 9 year olds can be!) Do your comments apply to children brought up by two aunts or uncles or what not if their parents are absent for whatever reason, e.g. died in a car crash? Are those two same sex 'parents' also paedophiles, rapists, muggers, BDSM fanatics too? Are they playing happy families? Doesn't everyone play at happy families one time or another. Or is all well in this blue skied land of bless and twittering birds?
what about the emotional upheaval for the child when it finds out his aunty is actually his mother and gave him away to her brother and his boyfriend, don't you think that will have an emotional impact.
then theres the bullying the child will no doubt suffer at school once the other kids find out about his background?
Cherry Pie, Brighton says...
4:54pm Mon 27 Jul 09
rs wrote:Any kid who "isn't normal" in whatever way will get bullied. If you're going to use that argument, you may as well say all ginger babies should be drowned at birth because they'll just get picked on for being ginger.
Cherry Pie wrote:lol, well you feared wrong, i'm not a bully and will do my best to ensure that my young son won't be either. i'm just a little less naive than you, and remember how cruel kids can be. and you're eiother too old to remember or choose to forget. and i think you'll find many people hold the same views on this as me, but it's politically correct to remain silent.rs wrote:I fear the only people that child may be at risk of being bullied by is by people like you and yours! Thank goodness not everyone holds your views.Lil wrote:yes, it's because it's the way its allways been and allways should be. what about the emotional upheaval for the child when it finds out his aunty is actually his mother and gave him away to her brother and his boyfriend, don't you think that will have an emotional impact. then theres the bullying the child will no doubt suffer at school once the other kids find out about his background?rs wrote:Same sex parents is only made the unusual because society castigates the ideas and concepts that it is too small minded to embrace. The majority of children will be looked after well whoever their parents are, male, female, whatever -- judge each case on its own merits rather than tarring everyone with the same brush. How do you know it's best? Do you know of a sizeable amount of cases where children brought up by two same-sex individuals has wrought disaster? Or is it because that is the way things have always been and always should be?Lil wrote:you seem to be reading more in to what i said than is really there. a child should be brought up in as normal surroundings as possible. 2 gay men as "fathers" is far from the norm.rs wrote: a child ideally needs a loving mother and father, and failing that a loving mother or father, not two gay men that want to play happy families. i'm far from homophobic but it goes without saying that the one sacrifice a gay man has to make is to forsake having children.What we all know is that abuse doesn't happen with heterosexual families. Never has there been a case either of a child in a heterosexual parenting situation of them being unhappy. We all know that homosexuals when they raise children are all in fact paedophiles seeking out some wicked fantasy..... Purrrrrlease. I have worked with children who have same-sex parents and they have all been lovely (well, within the remit 8 and 9 year olds can be!) Do your comments apply to children brought up by two aunts or uncles or what not if their parents are absent for whatever reason, e.g. died in a car crash? Are those two same sex 'parents' also paedophiles, rapists, muggers, BDSM fanatics too? Are they playing happy families? Doesn't everyone play at happy families one time or another. Or is all well in this blue skied land of bless and twittering birds?
rs, says...
5:07pm Mon 27 Jul 09
Cherry Pie wrote:ok so you jumped on that point i made, how about the more important one of what about the childs enotional well being when it finds out that his "aunty" is actually his mother and his "father" is actually his uncle, and his mother gave him away to her brother and his boyfriend to bring up as theirs.
rs wrote:Any kid who "isn't normal" in whatever way will get bullied. If you're going to use that argument, you may as well say all ginger babies should be drowned at birth because they'll just get picked on for being ginger. The kids learn what "isn't normal" from their parents. See where I'm going here?Cherry Pie wrote:lol, well you feared wrong, i'm not a bully and will do my best to ensure that my young son won't be either. i'm just a little less naive than you, and remember how cruel kids can be. and you're eiother too old to remember or choose to forget. and i think you'll find many people hold the same views on this as me, but it's politically correct to remain silent.rs wrote:I fear the only people that child may be at risk of being bullied by is by people like you and yours! Thank goodness not everyone holds your views.Lil wrote:yes, it's because it's the way its allways been and allways should be. what about the emotional upheaval for the child when it finds out his aunty is actually his mother and gave him away to her brother and his boyfriend, don't you think that will have an emotional impact. then theres the bullying the child will no doubt suffer at school once the other kids find out about his background?rs wrote:Same sex parents is only made the unusual because society castigates the ideas and concepts that it is too small minded to embrace. The majority of children will be looked after well whoever their parents are, male, female, whatever -- judge each case on its own merits rather than tarring everyone with the same brush. How do you know it's best? Do you know of a sizeable amount of cases where children brought up by two same-sex individuals has wrought disaster? Or is it because that is the way things have always been and always should be?Lil wrote:you seem to be reading more in to what i said than is really there. a child should be brought up in as normal surroundings as possible. 2 gay men as "fathers" is far from the norm.rs wrote: a child ideally needs a loving mother and father, and failing that a loving mother or father, not two gay men that want to play happy families. i'm far from homophobic but it goes without saying that the one sacrifice a gay man has to make is to forsake having children.What we all know is that abuse doesn't happen with heterosexual families. Never has there been a case either of a child in a heterosexual parenting situation of them being unhappy. We all know that homosexuals when they raise children are all in fact paedophiles seeking out some wicked fantasy..... Purrrrrlease. I have worked with children who have same-sex parents and they have all been lovely (well, within the remit 8 and 9 year olds can be!) Do your comments apply to children brought up by two aunts or uncles or what not if their parents are absent for whatever reason, e.g. died in a car crash? Are those two same sex 'parents' also paedophiles, rapists, muggers, BDSM fanatics too? Are they playing happy families? Doesn't everyone play at happy families one time or another. Or is all well in this blue skied land of bless and twittering birds?
rs, says...
5:14pm Mon 27 Jul 09
Fight Back wrote:instead of trying to be clever and calling people names try looking up the meaning of the word bigot before using it:
rs wrote:The child would only get bullied because people like you pass your bigotted ideas on to your own children.Lil wrote:yes, it's because it's the way its allways been and allways should be. what about the emotional upheaval for the child when it finds out his aunty is actually his mother and gave him away to her brother and his boyfriend, don't you think that will have an emotional impact. then theres the bullying the child will no doubt suffer at school once the other kids find out about his background?rs wrote:Same sex parents is only made the unusual because society castigates the ideas and concepts that it is too small minded to embrace. The majority of children will be looked after well whoever their parents are, male, female, whatever -- judge each case on its own merits rather than tarring everyone with the same brush. How do you know it's best? Do you know of a sizeable amount of cases where children brought up by two same-sex individuals has wrought disaster? Or is it because that is the way things have always been and always should be?Lil wrote:you seem to be reading more in to what i said than is really there. a child should be brought up in as normal surroundings as possible. 2 gay men as "fathers" is far from the norm.rs wrote: a child ideally needs a loving mother and father, and failing that a loving mother or father, not two gay men that want to play happy families. i'm far from homophobic but it goes without saying that the one sacrifice a gay man has to make is to forsake having children.What we all know is that abuse doesn't happen with heterosexual families. Never has there been a case either of a child in a heterosexual parenting situation of them being unhappy. We all know that homosexuals when they raise children are all in fact paedophiles seeking out some wicked fantasy..... Purrrrrlease. I have worked with children who have same-sex parents and they have all been lovely (well, within the remit 8 and 9 year olds can be!) Do your comments apply to children brought up by two aunts or uncles or what not if their parents are absent for whatever reason, e.g. died in a car crash? Are those two same sex 'parents' also paedophiles, rapists, muggers, BDSM fanatics too? Are they playing happy families? Doesn't everyone play at happy families one time or another. Or is all well in this blue skied land of bless and twittering birds?
Spx, portslade says...
8:56pm Mon 27 Jul 09
anonbton, brighton says...
9:17pm Mon 27 Jul 09
stan bailey, brighton says...
10:28pm Mon 27 Jul 09
Spx wrote:whatever became of slug?
In 10 to 20 years time you "sheltered" people are going to meet a lot of adults brought up by same sex parents, how will your scrutinity stand up to them then?
Bibble's fine, let's not push them
the same way Sousie the Floosie and Slug were!
debs21, somewhereinsussex says...
9:13am Tue 28 Jul 09
Randy Lahey, Sunnyvale Trailer Park says...
10:01am Tue 28 Jul 09
stan bailey wrote:What that idiot who thinks he is a comedy writer ?
Spx wrote: In 10 to 20 years time you "sheltered" people are going to meet a lot of adults brought up by same sex parents, how will your scrutinity stand up to them then? Bibble's fine, let's not push them the same way Sousie the Floosie and Slug were!whatever became of slug?
Dizd, Brighton says...
10:11am Tue 28 Jul 09
Harry Callahan, Worthing says...
7:50am Wed 29 Jul 09
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Randy Lahey, Sunnyvale Trailer Park says...
10:45am Mon 27 Jul 09
Is this a new chapter ?