The same applies in the case of adoption by an opposite sex couple.

'You shall keep my statutes. 'You shall not crossbreed different kinds of animals. 'you shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed 'neither shall there come upon on you a garment made of two kinds of material.

Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee.

This model was formulated to describe heterosexual, adult romantic relationships, but it has been applied to other kinds of interpersonal relations as well.

The Ontario Court of Appeal held that this cut off date discriminated against same sex partners based on their sexual orientation and so were treated differently in comparison with heterosexual couples.