“Can Atheists Be Parents?”
Yes however they understand when they look into their child’s eyes and smiles, they only see worm food.
Ha.
Alternate headline: “Can Time be in more love with Atheists”?
Only by accident.
Exuse me, but the date you posted on the article was “ 1/7/08”. This article was published 12/07/1970, 37 years ago.
My Protestant faith is so strong is needs no legislation to strengthen it.
Makes me wonder if there are other issues at hand. Seems pretty arbitrary to reject because of a lack of religion.
Last year the Burkes presented their adopted son, David, now 31, with a baby sister, Eleanor Katherine, now 17 months, whom they acquired from the same East Orange agency.
I think I'd be more concerned about the age of the parents. If they have a 31 year old adopted son, they'd have to be rather old to be adopting a 17 month old girl. Considering this article was published 37 years ago, the 31 year old son would now be 68, and the girl would now be 38½ years old.
I think even athiests are able to figure out how to insert tab A in slot B. Thats about all it takes to become parents.
Isn't that a heartwarming statement. "Acquired." Like a land transaction. God help us all.
I can’t believe this happened in NJ! It sounds more like something that would take place in the “Bible Belt”.
Just a tad "out of date" don't you think?
Better atheists than muslims. At least with atheists there is hope: someone gets sick, someone sees the light, etc.
With muslims the child’s chances are limited.
Well, if they could produce a kid on their own without having to adopt through ‘the gubmint’ or a private agency, yes.
If not, they have to meet the same criteria EVERYONE ELSE has to. Not everyone can adopt, even if they ARE religious. There are many factors that disqualify all sorts of people and they may not like it, but that is too damn bad. If the adoption group believes that it is important for those children to grow up in a family that believes in God (god), and that it is in the best interest OF THE CHILD, NOT THE PARENTS, then they ought to either meet the requirement or they don’t get to adopt.
Wow. This in the PRNJ. I would think atheism would be the state religion.
This judge deserves to be thrown out of his position, and thereafter sued into oblivion for violating the rights of these two. Unfortunately, his position prevents him from suffering the latter consequence of his egregious action.
He automatically assumes that because most religious people indoctrinate their children in their religion that atheists must indoctrinate their children into having no religion. It’s not true. Hasn’t also he noticed that kids raised in one religion do convert to others, or to none at all? How a child is raised here may influence the end religion, but it is not a guarantee. Thus in this case it’s not a guarantee that the child will have no religion.
Interesting how this old article has been making the rounds all over the internets today.
Unless infertile they are able to be parents.
The author would have be wiser to title this: “Should Atheists be Parents?”
I’d answer that it’s up to them.
So far as adopting is concerned, I wouldn’t want my surviving, dependent children adopted by atheists, but there are probably atheist parents who wouldn’t care.
That’s why wills are important.