Even though my news alert folder has been filled with stories about this, I was not planning to write about it. I like to write about things that touch my heart in some way. I like to write about things that I can relate to a story from my past or something I’ve seen or read. I don’t want to go out of my way to be provocative and controversial.
What is the controversial issue that I am so loath to cover, you might ask? Gay couples not being allowed to adopt. I’ve been getting stories from all over the country and outside the country for weeks.
There’s one story of a gay couple in Florida who cannot adopt there. They decide to take up residency out of state to fulfill the requirements to be able to adopt in that state. They are discouraged from moving back to Florida, however, when they learn that Child Protective Services there could decide to remove their new baby just because of their sexual orientation. Surprise, they do not move back.
The last Catholic adoption agency in the UK has been forced to close its doors for refusing to allow adoptions to non-heterosexual couples. Gay adoption is not allowed in Mexico, but is OK in Mexico City.
The resistance to allowing gay couples to adopt is that children deserve a nuclear family. It’s not about the sexual orientation, it’s for the children. Well that’s what I don’t get. I agree that children deserve a mother and a father. That’s an ideal world. We don’t live in an ideal world. We live in a world where far too many children are without a home to call their own. Shouldn’t we let anyone open their doors to them? If it’s really about the children, open all available doors to them.