The Heat is On – Fight Over Gay Adoption Continues
Let me get this straight (no pun intended ba-ha) – conservatives some people want to stomp around opposing abortion and preaching adoption by cramming it down the throat of everyone with ears – which in a perfect world is the way I would love to see every unwanted pregnancy go. Unless of course it’s in the case of rape or incest, but that’s a whole different argument for a whole different day.
Now, we have all these folks who did what conservatives the opposed forces had hoped and we have children who are left abandoned by their parents in some way or another. These children need love, attention, shelter and their basic human needs met – I frankly could give a rats ass who meets those needs so long as they do it properly and with love and care.
Just because a person is gay doesn’t mean they are any less capable of loving a child than a straight person. It doesn’t mean they are less capable of providing those basic human needs to that child – in fact, I am guessing they are quite equal in the overall scheme of things.
I know kids who were raised by a parent who was gay or lesbian and pretended to be “straight” for a period of time – who eventually came out of the closet – but guess what? The kid didn’t become gay!
Gasp!
This world is full of turmoil and hatred. When there’s someone, anyone, who is willing to show a child love and offer them security – who should have the right to deny those children? And if you don’t agree with gays being able to adopt, I’m interested in learning just when you took time to sign up to adopt a few unwanted children yourself?
Not all conservatives…
http://trenchreynolds.com/2008/11/26/florida-gay-adoption-ban-struck-down/
Those who are “extreme” in nature – that’s why I crossed out the “conservative” part
More times than not, people think I’m conservative but I prefer to be considered an extreme moderate 
Growing up slightly north of the Bible Belt has shared a unique glimpse at extremes to both degrees and I can’t say I’d be proud to be either.
As an adoptive parent, these ‘conservatives’ or whatever you want to call them piss me off to no end. I know so many single adoptive parents and gay/lesbian adoptive parents. One gay couple I know adopted a 12 year old boy who had been in foster care for 7 years. He is now a wonderful big brother, a leader in the church youth group, a eucharistic minister, and an all around nice kid. Where were all these wonderful perfect hererosexual couples while this kid was languishing in foster care all those years? Who else is going to take a chance on kids like this? If there were only 10 kids in the foster care system total, maybe you could afford to be picky. But there are so many kids who need homes so desperately, that it seems unconscionable to eliminate even one of those potential homes.
I was just ranting about this the other day when I was talking about all the local ballot measures that were in the elections. It pisses me off too. We actually had a similar experience with a dog recently, though this was something related to a choice of ours, not a way we were born, so it’s not really discriminatory-but makes just as little sense. We live in Iowa and have a dog that is half malamute. She is mostly an outside dog- not completely- she comes in for a while sometimes to lay on the floor and get love while we watch a movie- and she slept inside last night when the weather was so brutal and we were under severe wind chill advisories- but in general she is an outside dog- she gets played with, and has incredibly good shelter- we live in a split level duplex, and off the top floor we have a second story porch…underneath of that porch she has a raised insulated dog house filled with hay- above the dog house is the porch, on two sides are walls to our house, on the third are outdoor plastic storage bins, and on the fourth is a windbreaker made of bricks and hay. So basically she has a shelter within a shelter. And if she comes and stands at the door, we will let her in- but she rarely does. Anyway- we have been looking for a playmate for our dog- and it’s been difficult to find one who is used to being outside in the winter (and enjoys it), gets along well with other dogs, and gets along well with kids. The other day I was checking the local animal shelter’s website (again), and our dog’s sister was there! We know this dog. We know her former owner. This dog stayed in our house when Iowa City flooded over the summer….and they won’t let us adopt her, because they don’t adopt to people who keep outside dogs- as if getting love and attention, good food, a playmate, and living outside with a large fenced in yard and good shelter is worse than living in an animal shelter and possibly being put to sleep at some point! I see this as being a similar concept because I connect it to what you pointed out about children- there are SO MANY unwanted dogs- we euthanize hundreds, if not thousands, every month in this country- it’s just ridiculous- sorry if that seemed on off topic rant…..