Posted on 04/21/2005 7:46:17 AM PDT by worldclass
The Texas Legislature is considering legislation that would ban homosexuals and bisexuals from becoming foster parents. If the legislation is enacted, Texas would be the only state in the nation with such a restriction.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
I think it's time to move back to Texas...
Long Live Texas
Yeah, this is great, keep the kids locked up in the system as opposed to letting them get into a home where they might actually be cared for...la
Yeah, this is great. Let's keep the kids locked up in a government system as opposed to placing them into a home where they might be given love and affection...damn those evil gays...la
Doh, double post...is there any way to edit our posts, (that I have missed)...la
The ones keeping the kids locked up in the systems are liberal administrators who rush applications through for same-sex couples but investigate for years (at great cost) adoptions by heterosexual couples.
And just think: our legislators are part-timers!
Must help 'em stay focused when they ARE in Austin.
Nowadays love and affection come secondary to political scrutiny. It's all very sad. One thing you DON'T usually have in homosexual households is spousal abuse and bickering, it's very easy to communicate with someone who is similar to you. In this way it can be an excellent environment for children but those fanatical thugs in Texas only care about symbols.
You're right on the money there: as one who has adopted, it was enormously easier for my wife and I to go through endless INS and State Department hoops (navigating the Russian bureaucracy was a walk in the park by comparison), go to Russia, travel to the "outback," go to court there, and adopt a young Russian child than it ever would have been here.
Maybe because we're white, and normal.
Just exactly the sort of horse poop you'd expect from someone who quotes the fictitious "Chief Seattle" in his FR profile.
"One thing you DON'T usually have in homosexual households is spousal abuse and bickering ...."
Research shows otherwise. Weren't the gay activists whining just recently over the fact that outlawing gay marriage would supposedly cut them off from certain legal protections against domestic violence? A person is not immune to jealousy, irritability, and incompatibility over any number of issues just because he/she is homosexual.
While I oppose Gay marriage - this issue sounds as if it was diesigned to Gay bait. I am also against Gay "couples" adopting because two straight single couples can not joint adopt - but I would not be against the adoption going to a single gay person of that couple if qualified. That is the compromise I would adopt.
The Minority Heritage Preservation Act in Minnesota prohibits White people from adopting minority children.
Thanks for your input Massachusetts. You guys are running things great up there.
Let's hear it for the fanatical thugs!
Texas, my Texas!
Isn't Texas worse off in terms of abortions and divorce and out of wedlock babies than Mass.?
Well put. A gay person whether in a relationship or not should have the same status as a single person. For some legal problems I acknowledge, I am in favor of domestic partnership law which is blind to the genders of participants and to whether their partnership is marriage-like. This would help gay couples and others to arrange next-of-kin status currently restricted to marriage.. I don't know whether or not it would be appropriate for domestic partners to have access to joint adoption. But I am adamant that the law not blur the definition of parents being a mother and a father.
At this point, it seems more of a bill to prevent to damned gay people from having "special" rights as opposed to protecting the children. I am so tired of other people judging others...seems like there are a lot of people throwing stones who shouldn't be...la
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