Gay Parenting

Recently, the debate over same-sex couples and their right to adopt children, caught

my attention.

Last year I was watching a news program about Rosie O'Donnel, an actress, and

her decision to "come out of the closet." That story then turned into another story,

about her support of a gay couple and their fight with the state of Florida. The couple,

both men, are the foster parents of five children born with HIV. Three of the children

have been with them since infancy, including the child at the center of the dispute. The

state's position is, because he no longer test positive for HIV and is under the age of

fourteen , he's deemed adoptable. So, they're now looking for a heterosexual couple to

adopt him. These two men have been parents to these children in every conceivable way,

and in some cases the only ones they've ever known.

Now, I'm not homosexual nor do I know anyone who is. But as a......

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