Posted on 07/28/2008 7:58:31 AM PDT by Publius804
Europe
Catholic adoption agency’s new policy will allow homosexuals to adopt
London, Jul 27, 2008 / 05:57 pm (CNA).- The largest Catholic adoption agency in England and Wales has decided to implement an adoption policy that does not rule out same-sex couples in the face of new laws that forbid such screening. The change in its adoption policy was made with the full support of the bishops who oversee the agency.
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Catholic Europe is an oxymoron.
Will be interesting to see the Vatican’s response....
Someone call the Pope.
There might be a few left in Ireland,Italy and Spain.Maybe a few in Portugal,too.But Europe has essentially gone atheist.
I am actually not sure I agree with the prevailing conservative wisdom on this. Certainly it would be ideal for every child to be raised in a married Christian family home. But, the reality is, the ideal is not always attainable.
I believe a stable gay home would be preferable to an orphanage. The problem arises in determining the stability of a gay home. But, if a gay couple can meet all the other standards required of a straight couple, I see no reason to leave a child without a family.
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Sick, sick, sick.
The Church in Europe is in a shambles.
Disgusting.
The Catholic Church and C of E seem to be in tatters.
This should not stand.
Perhaps. But with 2 million couples in this country alone waiting to adopt, I would venture to say that the need for that choice is relatively minimal. We both know that it won't only be the kids no one else wants that will go to homosexuals. In fact, it wouldn't surprise me if, eventually, there won't be a 'quota' of adopted kids that have to go to homosexual homes.
>> But with 2 million couples in this country alone waiting to adopt, I would venture to say that the need for that choice is relatively minimal. We both know that it won’t only be the kids no one else wants that will go to homosexuals.
To the extent that qualified heterosexual homes can be found, they should be utilized. My concern arises more for older children or minority children where the adoption rate is much lower, and they are much more likely to waste away in an orphanage. If no suitable heterosexual home can be found, then I would not object to a homosexual adoption.
>> In fact, it wouldn’t surprise me if, eventually, there won’t be a ‘quota’ of adopted kids that have to go to homosexual homes.
That I cannot support.
Ultimately it is about finding what’s best for the children involved. A stable heterosexual home should always be given priority over a similar homosexual home. I just wouldn’t rule out the possibility of a homosexual adoption in circumstances where a suitable heterosexual couple cannot be found.
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Because anyone not blinded and/or intimidated by political correctness would realize that homosexual coupling is intrinsically disordered behavior. Same-sex attraction is a psychopathology.
Immersing a child in an environment modeling the polar opposite of a healthy male-female relationship cannot be good for the child's development.
True.
Hey Ratzinger! check it out!
Confident that Benedict will excommunicate as necessary.
>> Because anyone not blinded and/or intimidated by political correctness would realize that homosexual coupling is intrinsically disordered behavior.
I am neither blinded, nor intimidated. I am fully aware that homosexuality is a disordered behavior.
>> Same-sex attraction is a psychopathology.
I know. It is but one of a million sins and psychopathologies. Eliminating all sinners from the ranks of adopters will create a very small pool of available homes.
>> Immersing a child in an environment modeling the polar opposite of a healthy male-female relationship cannot be good for the child’s development.
I won’t argue with that. I would simply argue that it can be better than the alternative — no family at all. A loving homosexual home may be the best available option for a child who might otherwise spend the rest of his life in an orphanage. Certainly a loving, but “disordered” family is better than a loveless childhood and a life of loneliness.
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There are no stable homosexual homes. That diseased community of people are mentally deranged or they wouldn’t have that predilection in the first place.
Ugh, those poor kids who don’t know any better getting stuck in that situation...
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