Boy, 5, forced into adoption with gay couple pleads: 'We want to stay with our gran and grandad'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk ^ | January 2009 | By Jonathan Brocklebank and Michael Seamark

[Maelstorm]

The mother of two children who are being adopted by gay men even though their grandparents want to care for them wept yesterday as she told of her final meeting with her son and daughter.

‘I told them, “Listen, Mummy is not going to see you for a while”,’ she said. Her son replied: ‘But Mummy, I want to come and stay with you and Granny and Grandad.’

Their grandparents spent two years fighting for the right to care for the children, whose 26-year-old mother is a recovering heroin addict. She desperately wanted her parents to look after them.

But social workers said their ages – he is 59 and she is 46 – and their health – he has angina and she is diabetic – ruled them out.

The mother told the Mail that she had been ordered to say her goodbyes to the children last August during a trip to Edinburgh Zoo. ‘They told me not to cry and be strong so as not to upset the children,’ she said. ‘How can you tell a mother that when she’s never going to see her children again?

She voiced her anger at the decision to allow her son and daughter to be fostered by a homosexual couple.

‘I did not under any circumstances want my children to be placed with gay men. I wanted them to have a mum and a dad.

‘They can’t be telling me that, within a 60-mile radius, the only people they could find to look after my children were two men.

‘I’ve got nothing against gay people. I’ve got gay friends, but children need a mum and a dad, not a dad and another dad.

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Exactly. My grandfather was a diabetic and lived until age 87. He died in 1987.

[DaltonNC]

“And those gay parents will have a terrible time with this child. He will resent them for taking him away from his family”

What can we do to help. I can't get rid of the image of a little 5 year old grabbing his mothers leg, begging to stay with his grandparents.
Could someone in Scotland find an attorney? I would gladly send some money to help. I believe a lot of Freepers would help.
I am a senior and do not know how to get this started. Please, someone with knowledge, HELP!!!

[DaltonNC]

“My grandfather was a diabetic and lived until age 87. He died in 1987.”

My grandmother was a diabetic and lived until age 90. She died in 1986. She had the best personality and was so funny when she told stories of her childhood.