Arkansas Adoption Ban Passes, Fails to Eliminate Queers and their Spawn from the Earth

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Charley — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:06:28 GMT

Great post. Even though I am only 18 years old and have not yet been able to experience raising a child, I am positive that I would be devastated if someone tried to take that away from me. I have also realized at my young age that people's fears and ignorance cause them to grab onto what they call "traditional values" with both hands.

re: Arkansas Adoption Ban Passes, Fails to Eliminate Queers and their Spawn from the Earth

Manjari — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:43:55 GMT

www.thepetitionsite.com/.../protect-marriage-protect-children-prohibit-divorce

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Gabbie — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:41:50 GMT

AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you are so right

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Adam — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:31:05 GMT

Excellent posts, really sums up nicely how things are. It truly frightens me to think of what might be coming next when things like this are passed by not an insignificant majority. Welcome to the 21st Century, Jim Crow for homosexuals!

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Manjari — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:09:32 GMT

I actually agree with Rob, even though Shannon didn't say any of that.

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Lexie — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:26:54 GMT

It was the adoption ban that hit me the hardest on election day. Don't these people realize that these are real people, real lives, real children's lives that they are playing with?

And have they any notion of what the foster system is like for these kids? (Since they have just banned a segment of the population from being potential adoptive parents that could provide stable, loving and permanent homes.) So do they want to do the reverse and take all the kids from single parent and same-sex parent homes that are thriving and put them in the foster system? Because that is basically what they are saying. That future children in their situation should not get a chance at a loving home.

I wonder if they ever can look at their own families, their own children and think how awful it would be if they weren't allowed to parent because of some perceived miscellaneous difference of their own. (i.e. I was just watching that Duggars show the other night. And two fathers who are obvious "head of household" kind of guys with like 17 children each were deciding which one of their "girls" would be going skydiving. Now, who can judge parenting by marital status anyway?)

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Alice — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 06:19:29 GMT

Oh, yes. I've realized that one of the things I'm really taking away from these initiatives is the fact that a whole bunch of people who support them aren't addressing the question 'what can we do to help society as it is' but they're instead addressing the question 'do I want to live in a world where I don't have to deal with queer folks'. Something about this election more than others has made me feel like those supporters want to regulate me out of the world (or at least out of their world). Like I said earlier today - you can't legislate us out of existence. We keep being born, and we're going to keep on being your coworkers, your neighbors, your children, your siblings and your parents. And one day soon, we're going to be able to be treated like everyone else.

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Shannon LC Cate — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 04:29:12 GMT

hmm... Rob, somehow I missed that part of my essay.

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Rob — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 03:13:06 GMT

Congratulations on an excellent, thoughtful, tolerant argument. You are exactly correct. People who hate homosexuals are nothing but petty, hateful, intolerant, bigots. They deserve to live in the shadows. They're not fit to show their faces in decent society.

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Jody — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 03:11:01 GMT

Well said.

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Lori — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 07:00:07 GMT

Great post!

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JeanneSager — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:54:10 GMT

You've got me all ferklempt. Why, oh why, oh why, can't people get it through their thick skulls that what a child needs is loving parents, period, end of story. Being straight isn't what makes me a good parent - it's the love I have for my daughter, the time I spend with her, the care I put into ensuring she has food in her belly and a roof over her head. If a gay person wants to adopt a child, and can provide those same things, that makes her (or him) a PARENT.

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Manjari — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:43:48 GMT

I know I've said this before, but I love your posts. I think every one of them is intelligent and interesting.

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Knitty — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:49:24 GMT

Amen!

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elswhere — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:23:58 GMT

Lovely post, and a really useful citation there from the AAP; thanks!

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Fuschiafinn — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:44:54 GMT

Amen. Here's hoping that the next time the question comes up more people make the decision based on not only reality but basic decency and allow your children, (and others in the same situation), that precious stability.