'They say we're too old to care for our grandchildren': Social workers hand grandkids to gay men

Daily Mail ^ | January 26, 2009 | Graham Grant and Marcello Mega

[NYer]

p>Two young children are to be adopted by a gay couple, despite the protests of their grandparents.

The devastated grandparents were told they would never see the youngsters again unless they dropped their opposition.

The couple, who cannot be named, wanted to give the five-year-old boy and his four-year-old sister a loving home themselves. But they were ruled to be too old - at 46 and 59.

For two years they fought for their rights to care for the children, whose 26-year- old mother is a recovering heroin addict.

They agreed to an adoption only after they faced being financially crippled by legal bills.

The final blow came when they were told the children were going to a gay household, even though several heterosexual couples wanted them.

When the grandfather protested, he was told: 'You can either accept it, and there's a chance you'll see the children twice a year, or you can take that stance and never see them again.'

The man said last night: 'It breaks my heart to think that our grandchildren are being forced to grow up in an environment without a mother figure. We are not prejudiced, but I defy anyone to explain to us how this can be in their best interests.'

Social workers themselves have admitted that the little girl is 'more wary' of men than women.

The case, in Edinburgh, raises worrying issues about state interference in family life.

It will also fuel concern over the practice of gay adoption, which has been promoted by Left-wing ministers and council bosses.

Some local authorities forbid adoption by smokers and obese people but actively support gay fostering and adoption - even though research shows overwhelmingly that children are best brought up by a mother and father.

[ozzymandus]

Apparently these social workers are so used to dealing with 13-yr old mothers, they can’t imaging a 46-yr old raising a baby.

[Frantzie]

I knew a young lady who volunteered at a hospital in fairly rural TN. She quit when she found out a gay couple from Europe adopted a baby from the hospital. The girl probably got pregnant.

[metmom]

The couple, who cannot be named, wanted to give the five-year-old boy and his four-year-old sister a loving home themselves. But they were ruled to be too old - at 46 and 59.

That is NOT too old.

The rest?

makes......blood.....boil.....

[dsutah]

Not only that, but Madonna and her husband adopted a child from Africa a few years back, and they’re both in their late 40’s-early 50’s! Oh, but it’s ok if a rich celebrity can do it!

[SuperLuminal]

Move on....nothing new here.

This kind of thing will be commonplace here in U.S. before oscumbo is finished with his 3rd or 4th term.

[Ol' Sparky]

Are the out-of-control social workers going to take away any children born to women in their late 30’s and 40’s because they will be “too old” to raise them?????!!!!

Of course, if homosexuals want a child and that is the only way to get them one!

[Ol' Sparky]

I’ll add that I know a husband and wife in their early 50s who are raising an adopted six-year-old daughter, and a more energetic, fun-loving bunch you’ll never find.

Wouldn't matter in the UK. The goal here was to find an excuse to take children and given them to homosexuals.

[peggybac]

It’s doubtful she’s in menopause yet. What would happen to the baby if she gave birth?

[festus]

This sort of behavior is why we have the 2nd amendment on this side of the pond.

[SunkenCiv]

The couple, who cannot be named, wanted to give the five-year-old boy and his four-year-old sister a loving home themselves. But they were ruled to be too old - at 46 and 59.