[Twink]

It’s not easy and clear cut. It’s also not something new.

I have no issue with adoption if that is what the birth parents decide. I don’t think it’s some “selfless act of love” or the best thing parents, a mother, can do for their child. It may be the best thing that one parent/mom can do for the child but it certainly doesn’t mean the child will have a better life. There are no guarantees in life. And it doesn’t mean the mother did some selfless act.

I’d rather see chidren raised in a family that loves them regardless of whether they’re with the birth family or the family that adopts them. And there’s not guarantee that the adoptive married couple will stay married.

I sympathize with those unable to have their own kids. But it doesn’t make them better parents or more suitable for raising kids. Adoptive parents can be as screwed up as birth parents. We romanticize those who adopt. And we romanticize those who give their kids up for adoption.

[ari-freedom]

"I have no issue with adoption if that is what the birth parents decide."

well, who else is going to decide? I don't think anyone is calling for the state to decide. That's not what conservatives do.

Conservatives need to try to change the culture from one that has no problem with casual sex and unwed mothers to one that promotes marriage and parental responsibility as the best thing for the kids. Like it or not, Bristol Palin is out there and her situation needs to be addressed. Why? She's not going to listen to a bunch of freepers, anyway. But there are a lot of other girls out there and they will think that it is perfectly acceptable to be an unwed mother as long as they don't kill the baby. After all, if super conservative Sarah seems to have no problem with it then why should they?

Now you wrote:
I’d rather see chidren raised in a family that loves them

love is important but so is making sure that the child has a father so that he can be brought up in a straight manner. Single parenthood is an epidemic in this country and we see the results: a lot of spoiled kids who don't have any boundaries. Mom loves them to bits but they are never happy. It's quite sad.