The laws of adoption v. caring for children
- Adoption: Families urged to research, be patient
- Adoptions by same-sex couples more than doubles in last decade, despite legal obstacles
- Congress Must Pass Legislation to Help Children in Foster Care
- Foster youth's stolen IDs getting more attention
- GUIDE "AGED-OUT" FOSTER CARE TEENS TO BECOME PRODUCTIVE ADULTS
- HHS Awards $35 Million to States for Increasing Adoptions
- How To Fail A Child - The American Foster Care Way
- In the name of trust and charity
- Landmark Adoption Bill Passed By House
- Learning more about the victims of post-placement abuse
I was reading yet another article about the fundamental rights of people, and how they relate to foster kids and adoption. [Foster Care Group Opposes Adoption Bill]
According to the article, a press release, (made by Foster Care Alumni of America), is calling on state senators to oppose SB 68, sponsored by Shelbyville Republican Gary Tapp. It seems Gay Rights Groups believe the bill unfairly targets same-sex couples who want to adopt children. Other groups, like Family Foundation, argue that married couples provide more stable environments for children.
Personally, as one who has been adopted and abused by members in my forever adoptive family, I don't think there are that many adoption bills that properly address the adopted child's right to safety within any given home, foster, adoptive or otherwise. In addition, I think politicians tend to forget average heterosexual American couples often get divorced. Average American people ALSO get involved in toxic relationships, and average American people often bring boyfriends/girlsfriends who molest, abuse, even kill innocent children. Last, but certainly not least, I think many politicians tend to forget many average American people can also be closet heterosexual pedophiles, a danger to any child, as far as I'm concerned. From what I've seen and read, adoption has not saved children from being the victim of a bad relationship between adults.
Can any one tell me why the adoption ticket keeps getting pushed, yet good quality mentoring programs are frequently being ignored as workable options for the soon-to-be aging-out foster kid? Surely any non-pedophile members of the gay community would not be banned from mentoring a child who needs individual care and attention, would they? Surely a piece of paper does not have to dictate a person's feelings towards another, does it? I have many friends who have been nicer to me than my family ever was -- does that mean they should adopt me so I can feel loved, respected and kept within a certain group? Can anyone please tell me, why do people have to keep paying legal fees and dues, just so they can "belong"?