RE: Christian couple told they can't adopt due to their views on homosexuality.
March 4, 2011 at 8:24 am
(March 4, 2011 at 8:11 am)tackattack Wrote: which you still can't substantiate that they'll do. Do you see the difference between them having an idea and not promoting or supporting it and them having an idea and teaching bigotry? And are you willing to fight these views at the expense of the children's welfare? Isn't that defeating the original intent of the adoption process?
Any child would need support when coming to terms with being gay. Who does a fostered child turn to for that support? The fact they are being fostered suggests there is no wider family. So it would be the couple who are fostering them. To try and get the support then to be told it's unnatural is nothing short of child abuse if you ask me. Obviously this is theoretical, but of real concern if we allow people with such views access to children who would rely on them for support.
Should we allow a racist couple to adopt, then send them a black child?
A Nazi couple to adopt then send them a Jewish child?
I'm not comparing this couple to Nazi's or Racists, but its the same in theory.