Doesn’t make it right, moral, or CONSTITUTIONAL in regards to the rights of the person born who will eventually become an adult. Again legal guardianship should be handled on a SEPARATE LEGAL DOCUMENT it should NOT be conferred through fraudulent or deceptive means by ALTERING the truthful information on a Certificate of Birth.
Bringing into this conversation the intricacies of what should be done when a child is the product of a sperm or egg donor, or a child who has a surrogate mother, etc... etc... will only cloud the issues. Those are SEPARATE from this situation. Those are NOT cases of adoption, and the same laws do NOT apply.
Just because people in this world have decided in their own minds that it’s OK to lie to adoptees doesn’t make it right, nor moral in any way, shape or form...
I didn’t see your discussion before I posted #62. I just went back and tried to follow it. I think BOTH of you make valid points.
What the law has permitted for heterosexual couples who adopt or use surrogates/donors now is being extended to “same-sex” couples. The court cases are based on it.
Plus, birth certificates really should contain accurate information about a person’s biological parents.
Btw... Hats off to the adoptive parents out there who open their hearts and their homes to a child. This argument is not against adoption at all! It’s against the doctoring of official documents. If all birth certificates were required to contain the correct information, this court case would’ve had a different outcome.
Just because people in this world have decided in their own minds that it’s OK to lie to adoptees doesn’t make it right, nor moral in any way, shape or form...
AGREED.
Therefore . . . do what you can and feel led to do.
Let the rest go.