It’s about the kids Arkansas Times

Posted on October 14, 2008
Filed Under Gay News Blog

It’s all on the table now. Occasional protests to the contrary, the ultra-right fundamentalists at the ”Family” Council now make it clear that their initiated act to limit adoption and foster parenting is about punishing gay people, no more or less. If it hurts children, they don’t care.

The state’s recent hearing about dropping a blanket ban against unmarried couples as foster parents was just a sham, the religionists say. The overwhelming testimony from foster parents, foster children and medical and social service professionals? It can’t hold a candle to homophobia.

Don’t be confused. The state wants to follow a policy in which – on a case by case basis and considering every possible factor, including a potential family – the best decision will be made for a child. If putting the interest of children first is the “gay agenda,” as the “Family” Council puts it, sign me up. It’s one helluva lot more compassionate than the hateful agenda they’re peddling.

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