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Please do not assume all Liberals think and behave this way. I consider myself a Liberal and (-gasp-) Democrat, but I don’t think children are disposable. For that matter, I don’t think animals are disposable either. It breaks my heart to know that every day hundreds of perfectly wonderful dogs and cats are surrendered to “shelters” that will most likely euthanize them, simply because they became inconvenient for the owners.

As far as I’m concerned, if you take a living thing in, you make a commitment to it that you must keep, even if it doesn’t turn out quite the way you want (one of my cats got sick with cancer a year and a half after I got her, her medical care cost thousands of dollars and she died anyway, but I don’t regret doing everything I could for her. Living creatures don’t come with guarantees).

Liberal though I may be, as a product of a broken home myself I actually agree that single parents are not ideal and should not adopt, especially an older child likely to need additional help and support. And if this woman was so determined to adopt, then she should have found a way to pay for whatever psychological/ social services she and her children needed. “That’s not available in Manchester” just doesn’t cut it. Do what you gotta do to make it work, lady.

While she may have done what she thought she needed to do to prevent damage to her biological daughter, she has done that daughter a great injustice by giving her a bad example of what to do when problems arise in a relationship. She has taught both girls that relationships are disposable if they’re not perfect, and other people are not to be relied upon or trusted. Sad.

"Please do not assume all Liberals think and behave this way."

I don't, many of my posts indicate that I don't believe all on the left are die-hard kool-aid drinkers....

My post was a generalization, meant to point out the main difference between the left and the right....based on my own experiences...

I work in NYC, and as you can imagine, I am an Island of conservatism surrounded by a sea of liberalism.....even my mother-in-law is a true blue liberal....so I have been exposed daily to the liberal mind and thought process...and yes, many of these well meaning people start their sentences with emotionally laden adjectives to defend their personal political beleifs....

When I attempt to remove the emotion from the discussion I am called heartless, misguided, and even a hate-monger/racist....just because a question their pre-conceived notions....

So no, I don't believe all liberals are the same, I've met many who are open to reason and discussion....but I've met far to many who rather live in a world of make believe fabricated on emotion, naivety and ignorance...

So welcome aboard, I hope your stay is long....but, unfortunately, being this is a conservative site...your support of anything liberal probably will get you banned (ie.."Zotted"). To bad, I appreciate hearing what the other side has to say, especially if it is supported by fact and reasonably argued...

Again, good luck, and Merry Christmas...