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To: DTogo

As for homosexual adoption, I don't think one's sexuality should be the primary criteria, but rather a loving and stable household for the child.

Thanks for your concurrence on the first point!  I do have a different view on this point though, at the current moment, there's such a long waiting list for children to adopt (parents lining up for the chance to adopt).  As long as this is the case, I'd show a strong preference for stable, married, heterosexual couples.  Once we get to the point where we're desperate for parents, I would consider the conversation, but that seems a long ways off. 

[Note:  I'm not sure of the case with children in foster homes etc., just basing it on the experiences of a family member who's been desperately trying to adopt for going on 2 years now.]

Owl_Eagle

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thinking of her as a human being"

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(Yes, she really said that
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The Case Against Hillary Clinton, pg 55)

27 posted on 01/03/2005 10:05:11 AM PST by End Times Sentinel (Fly Eagles Fly, On the Road to Victory! Fly Eagles Fly, Score a Touchdown One Two Three!)
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To: Owl_Eagle

Again, I agree with you in that I would also give adoption preference to loving, stable, hetero households. I was simply referring to a flat-out adoption denial to loving, stable, homo households, which I would consider to be wrong. Some may call it discrimination or treating homos as "second-class citizens," but I say adoption also requires moral considerations, based on Judeo-Christian principles of our country. Mixing Church and State? I don't think so, just using common sense.


28 posted on 01/03/2005 10:12:28 AM PST by DTogo (U.S. out of the U.N. & U.N out of the U.S.)
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