Couple forced to give grandchildren up for adoption by gay men (parents)
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because their "too old to look after them" at 46 and 59.
Two young children are to be adopted by a gay couple, despite the protests of their grandparents.
The devastated grandparents were told they would never see the youngsters again unless they dropped their opposition.
The couple, who cannot be named, wanted to give the five-year-old boy and his four-year-old sister a loving home themselves. But they were ruled to be too old - at 46 and 59.
i dont think its gaybashing. It's a sad story.
The grandparents should always have precedence over anyone NON related.
Secondly, if their WERE non gay couples interested in adopting the children you would think that would be in the best interest to have a mother figure especially considering they were saying the girl is wary of men. If their were NO other couples interested AND the grandparents did not want the children then i would have no problem with two men adopting them....
but to me it does not seem whats best for the children.
i dont think its gaybashing. It's a sad story.
The grandparents should always have precedence over anyone NON related.
Secondly, if their WERE non gay couples interested in adopting the children you would think that would be in the best interest to have a mother figure especially considering they were saying the girl is wary of men. If their were NO other couples interested AND the grandparents did not want the children then i would have no problem with two men adopting them....
but to me it does not seem whats best for the children.
Like I said, maybe there are other factors to consider. It's like how people got all worked up about CPS taking the white supremacist children, thinking that the thought police had stepped in and abducted the children from an otherwise happy home. All the articles about it say right there that CPS can't talk about the case, so it's useless to speculate. This article seems just as cagey. We don't know why the kids were taken, or why the gay couple was chosen over the others. It's just sensationalist reporting.
What struck me first is that no names were given, so this story can not possibly be investigated to prove it's anything but a story.
Second, it isn't even in this country, it sounds like Scotland (Edinburgh), or England. Laws are different.
Third, it didn't seem the ages of the grandparents were as much factors as their health (The grandfather with heart problems, the grandmother with diabetes).
And as far as the grandparents accepting it, can you imagine hard difficult it would be for the kids if Grandma and Grandpa were to visit and cry over their situation and not be supportive? The kids would NEVER adjust.
NOT even close, I was taken by the age factor. Why shouldn't the kids stay with their grandparents? Family first!
I can see that. Then why even mention that the adopting couple is gay? Why is it relevant.
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