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There are certainly plenty of cases of people who are not biological parents adopting children

Against the wishes of the natural parents? On what grounds were the mother's parental rights terminated, since I can see no other way to do what you just suggested morally or legally?

"Against the wishes of the natural parent?" Being a biological parent does not automatically bestow the superior qualifications for parenting. If I am not mistaken there was a battery of pschological testing, witnesses, etc., which went into the selection of which parent would provide the healthier life for the kids. It boils down to excluding BOTH parents because of their sexual choices or selecting the one which would provide more consistant love and caring. I honestly don't know where you are coming from. The sexual orientation of either parent is certainly not traditional. One is no worse nor better than the other if we stand them both up against the heterosexual ideal. Both fail miserably in that comparison. Should we place the kids with heeterosexual strangers? Or do we place them with the more stable, less hysterical adult who 'played' the part of parent for their entire life? It IS a tough case. A super tough job for the judge.