Should Gay Couples In The U.S. Be Allowed To Adopt Foster Kids ?
Posted by: Berlin Fritz on 01 May 2005
Having just watched one of the only seriously intelligent/funny, U.S. News-Political shows (The Daily Show, Global edition, with the Excellent John Stewart on board: CNN) which is shown here weekly, lasts half an hour, but consists of only about 14 minutes quality viewing, minus the commercial crap, the only other good U.S.show in my opinion being The late show with Jay Leno, innit (CNBC).
Mr Stewart highlighted an interesting little 'stealth' programm that's quietly winging its way through many an American State right now which can only be described 'my opinion' as final-solutionesque, in the extreme. The subject at hand is wether Gay/Lesbian & or Bisexual couples (childless or otherwise) may adopt foster children in the good old U.S. of A. ? It seems that many an adoption agency is now trying to prove if applicants are actually lying about their sexual orientation or not when seeking to adopt such kids. Wether this thread becomes a joke mud slanging match not too unlike the silly court media case involving Jackson that everybody is knocking, though should read their own comments on occassion ! (3rd or 4th such thread if my memory serves me correctly, or have I confused it with my imagination once again ?) remains yet to be seen (I suspect that it will though). The final points made by John Stewart were good summimg up sentences I thought, after one Politician (amongst others) (texas this time) stated that these kids should only be parented by true heterosexual true blue couples etc, etc, and that it's been statistically proven that such kids are 11 times more likely to be sexually abused at some stage if in the care of Gay couples ? Well replied John to these bizarre (completely unsubstanciated statements of fearmongery) "Let em go back to the wierdo's, drunks, child-abusers, etc (Their natural parents) that the States are perpurtedly protecting them from, and all will be Hunky Dory ", or some such line, innit.
Fritz Von I believe in Magic
Mr Stewart highlighted an interesting little 'stealth' programm that's quietly winging its way through many an American State right now which can only be described 'my opinion' as final-solutionesque, in the extreme. The subject at hand is wether Gay/Lesbian & or Bisexual couples (childless or otherwise) may adopt foster children in the good old U.S. of A. ? It seems that many an adoption agency is now trying to prove if applicants are actually lying about their sexual orientation or not when seeking to adopt such kids. Wether this thread becomes a joke mud slanging match not too unlike the silly court media case involving Jackson that everybody is knocking, though should read their own comments on occassion ! (3rd or 4th such thread if my memory serves me correctly, or have I confused it with my imagination once again ?) remains yet to be seen (I suspect that it will though). The final points made by John Stewart were good summimg up sentences I thought, after one Politician (amongst others) (texas this time) stated that these kids should only be parented by true heterosexual true blue couples etc, etc, and that it's been statistically proven that such kids are 11 times more likely to be sexually abused at some stage if in the care of Gay couples ? Well replied John to these bizarre (completely unsubstanciated statements of fearmongery) "Let em go back to the wierdo's, drunks, child-abusers, etc (Their natural parents) that the States are perpurtedly protecting them from, and all will be Hunky Dory ", or some such line, innit.
Fritz Von I believe in Magic
quote:Originally posted by Adam Meredith:quote:Originally posted by Earwicker:
Flourine - it's good for the teeth, ignoring the fact it's a metabolic inhibitor.EW
Flourine - "Flourine is the most reactive element in the world. It reacts with absolutely everything (except for nitrogen, oxygen and some of the lighter noble gases), very often explosively. Flourine attacks and breaks down most organic comounds which burn in it's pale yellow gas.
Flourine is so dangerous that it must be stored in steel containers, and even then it reacts with the steel."
Flouride - "A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hard-core Commie works."
Easy mistake.
Yeah, I know, and NEITHER of us can spell it: FLUORIDE!!
Bodily fluids are precious then are they?
EW
Folk'll be wanting comments by such geezers as Townsend next on Child Porn sites and suchlikes, innit ! 