If HR 1681 Passes What Will Happen To The Children?
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net effect of the passage of this bill would be to put more children in harms way and prevent more children
from being placed in loving families. Again the stated intent of the
bill is to insure that Gay, Lesiban, Transgendered and Bi individuals are
not discriminiated against should they desire to adopt children. If that is what the bill would ensure and
accomplish I would probably support it. However,
this bill is flawed. This bill prevents Catholic and other Christian
organizations from facilitating adoptions unless they fully comply with this law. As previouly stated, H.R. 1681 is so poorly written that these organization can't be sure when they are in violation of the law. Many feel that the ambiguity in the law is intentional. Again I understand the
LGBT communities desire to be able to adopt and I believe a law could be
written to prevent discrimination on the basis of sexual preference. But this
law goes overboard and disenfranchises Catholic's and Christian social services
from offering adoption services]
To begin with this bill does not address or establish that there even exists a nationwide prohibition against adoption by individuals in this affected community. A simple Google search for the terms "gay and lesbian adoptions" reveals there are, in my opinion, significant resources available to gay and lesbian couples who want to adopt. One web site, Gay Adoption US claims that over 4% of adoptions in the US are to Gay and Lesbian couples. While it may be true that adoption services will not place children in homes where the personal behavior, beliefs and practices of the prospective adoptive partens puts the child at risk this prohibition is not unique to this new "protected class" of individuals
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| This Graphic is from the Gay Adoption US web site linked to above. |
But
for the sake of argument let’s assume that there does exist a rigid, universal,
prohibition against adoption placements in LGBT homes. I still would not support this
bill as written and I would urge others to rethink their positions. We must first think of what is in the best interests of the children. The authors of this bill clearly did not have that in mind. They wrote the bill for two reasons 1.To appeal to the LGBT community and create a new "protected class" of individuals. 2. It appears to me the real intention of the bill is to drive out private Catholic and Christian adoption agencies in favor of a government run and regulated national adoption agency.
Must see Video on the dangers of this bill.
Again,
what is being overlooked by the individuals and groups that support this bill
is that religious charities are the most cost-effective in providing these
services. This is true for many reasons
but one reason is they are not mired in a government bureaucracy and they are
not for profit. They do this work to fulfill
the calling of their inner beliefs, their religion. The Heritage Foundation has an excellent article that address the problems that have already occurred. As one poster on the Hertage Foundation site noted in Illinois a recently enacted law similar to
H.R. 1681 essentially prevents the State of Illinois to contract with the
Church, the cost of providing these services for needy kids will increase and
because of the terrible budget and debt issues in Illinois it's going to mean
that more of those kids in need will have to remain in need." Is this what the proponents of this bill want? Hopefully, H.R. 1681 will never see the light of day.
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| Eve Barker,mother, shown when she was a child. At 17, pregnant and alone she took her baby boy, on the train from Beulah, Michigan to the Catholic Home for Unwed mothers in Grand Rapids, Michigan 1927 and gave him up for adoption |
