I have no problem with that. If he wants general public support, he should be willing to provide a compelling case. My choice to back him is based in the support from his home school group, those who know him in our congregation, and my own experiences with the juvenile "justice" system as a child.
It's not usually abusers who have the guts to adopt a fetal alchohol and cocaine baby, (an assertion which of course I can't prove). It's not usually abusers who adopt at all.
am freeping from my phone now so excuse terseness and grammer. I have no doubt that evén if the worst of what I posted is true that he only has the best of intentions.