[QUOTE=Kalhoun]
What about the first amendment rights of the children?
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I think running an adoption that way would be wrong, but the First Amendment doesn’t come into play here. It keeps the government from interfering with the kids’ religious exercise, but doesn’t mean adoption agencies can’t run their business as they see fit - at least, like Miller said, if they aren’t taking federal money.
[QUOTE=Valteron]
The 80% for gay marrige in Quebec was from a poll a couple of years ago. I may have the figures wrong, but it was a huge majority.
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Thanks. I may try to track this, if I have the time. It could be interesting to check.
[QUOTE=Wee Bairn]
Valteron, my post was not just about gay couples, I wonder too as you said, about interracial couples, or a black couple adopting a white kid- anything that may be seen as “different”, which may include a morbidly obese parent- anything that may cause uncommon problems for the child later in life. Some children can handle anything- some can’t. Some may defend their same sex parents to playground taunts, others may resent them for it.
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I’m unclear on how this differs from biological parents. Yeah, I guess in the case of adoption the state gets the luxury to choose and try for an optimal match, but who knows what will cause a kid to get teased later? I got teased because my mom wears only skirts, never pants. And we didn’t always have a car and we didn’t have a TV.