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Banning adoption
Topic Started: Feb 24 2006, 04:51 PM (85 Views)
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http://www.365gay.com/Newscon06/02/022406gopAdopt.htm (warning --> link has some dodgy ads, probably nsfw)

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(Akron, Ohio) An Ohio Democrat is proposing legislation that would prevent Republicans from adopting children, a move aimed at embarrassing the GOP over moves to block gay adoptions.

State Sen. Robert Hagan (D-Youngstown) admits his bill is purely "tongue-in-cheek" but says that the message is anything but a joke.

In an email sent to fellow legislators, and obtained by Knight Ridder Newspapers, Hagan says he's looking for co-sponsors to "introduce legislation in the near future that would ban households with one or more Republican voters from adopting children or acting as foster parents."

Earlier this month a bill to ban gays, bisexuals, and transgenderds from adopting was proposed by 10 far-right Republicans. It was introduced in the House this month by state Rep. Ron Hood (R-Ashville)

"We need to see what we are doing," said Hagan, who called Hood's proposed bill blatantly discriminatory and "homophobic."

When Hood introduced his gay adoption ban he said that, "Studies have shown that the optimal setting to raise children in is a traditional setting with a mom and a dad."

Hood claims that children raised in gay households are at "increased risk" of physical and emotional problem.

In Hagan's email to fellow lawmaker's he skewers Hood's assertions, offering his own "credible research" shows that adopted children raised in Republican households are more at risk for developing "emotional problems, social stigmas, inflated egos, and alarming lack of tolerance for others they deem different than themselves and an air of overconfidence to mask their insecurities."


I found this pretty funny.
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State Sen. Robert Hagan (D-Youngstown) admits his bill is purely "tongue-in-cheek" but says that the message is anything but a joke.

He'll recieve a warning for posting joke proposals.
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Hah! Brilliant.

There was this great thing in the Onion ages ago about a senator introducing a joke bill, which everyone voted for for a laugh thinking there was no chance it would pass. It did, of course.
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LOL!
Norbert

But my name is Steve!

No no no, it's spelled, "Steve," but it's pronounced, "Norbert ".

You Lie!

It's Mr June

Rejection

Wait, so now my name is Norbert June?
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Interesting when you consider the landmark case that was decided here in ireland this week.

Basically a rich couple adopted a kid from indonesia and dumped him back in the indonesian orphanage they got him from two yrs later citing that they "hadnt Bonded" FFS!

The Judge accepted this but granted the child full Irish citizenship, over €100,000 in damages including lumpsums and monthly payments from his would be "parents" and full inheritance rights! Yikes.

VL says good enough for the feckers. the Rights of the child are paramount.
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