Lesbian foster parent accused of rape ignites Mass. debate

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[chance33_98]

Lesbian foster parent accused of rape ignites Mass. debate

Friday, April 09, 2004

FALL RIVER, Mass. — A new facet of the ongoing battle over gay marriage emerged after a lesbian foster parent was accused of raping a 15-year-old girl in her custody twice last month, the Boston Herald reported. Christina Machado, 26, was charged this week with forcefully raping the teen in abuse allegedly witnessed by Machado’s friends and then reported by the teen’s teachers, the Herald reported.

Department of Social Services officials spent two weeks investigating the case and called it “disturbing,” but noted that Machado had a good record in eight years as a foster parent, according to the Herald. Conservatives seized on the case, claming it shows that gay men and lesbians are not fit as parents, the newspaper reported. “It appears that children in homosexual relationships are not as safe,” Ron Crews of the Massachusetts Coalition for Marriage told the Herald. Gay rights activists disagreed. “That is one of the meanest and false stereotypes about gay people that has haunted us wrongly for decades,” Arline Isaacson of the Gay & Lesbian Political Caucus told the Herald. “It is absolutely, factually, completely untrue.” Machado pleaded innocent to the charges, the Herald reported.

[jonno]

That is one of the meanest and false stereotypes about gay people that has haunted us wrongly...

Uh huh, yep - they're completely normal folks.

[Dubh_Ghlase]

“It appears that children in homosexual relationships are not as safe,”

Doh! Yah think!

[Diogenesis]

No problem. Raped children have no rights in Massachusetts.
And a gay raping a chld means absolutely nothing in Massachusetts.
Rape and incest. No problem in Massachusetts.

NOW MOVE ALONG.

COMING: The Massachusetts SJC will soon legalize bestiality on orders from the New York Times' Anthony Lewis.

[jocon307]

Woah! Quite a story. As sympathetic as I am to the non-gay rights activists I don't think they'll find the stats to prove that gay foster parents are more dangerous than non-gay foster parents. That is just my sad take on the situation.

[BSunday]

My take on the gay rights movement - If you call so much attention to yourself, you generally get what you deserve. It's like a person committing a robbery calling the police to tell them what he's doing. It's not to a cockroaches advantage to come out in the light. Warning to all dem disruptors, you don't want to call me on that last comment, I can sustain the argument quite well.

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[Petronski]

COMING: The Massachusetts SJC will soon legalize bestiality on orders from the New York Times' Anthony Lewis.

That way, Lewis could legally start having sex with people.

[MrB]

"That is one of the meanest and false stereotypes about gay people that has haunted us wrongly..."

All beings have an urge to reproduce more beings that are like themselves...

I'll leave it to the reader to come to the rest of the conclusion.

[Dancing Jane]

"Machado had a good record in eight years as a foster parent"

She started taking in foster children when she was 18? I don't buy it.

[DameAutour]

Here is one article on the subject:

Gay Foster Parents More Apt to Molest

[Mears]

I'm with you,there are bad gays and there are bad straights.

I doubt if there are statistics to prove gays are more dangerous to children than heterosexuals.

That said,this entire gay-straight discussion is getting very tedious. I live in Massachusetts and can't wait for the glee in the Boston Globe when May arrives and gay couples get "married".Should be interesting.

[jonsie]

" but noted that Machado had a good record in eight years as a foster parent" - Question: how can a 26 year old be a foster parent for 8 years. This means she became a foster parent at 18 years of age and probably still in high school. Can someone become a foster parent at 18 years of age?

[sgtbono2002]

As I have said before Homosexual marriages will lead to easier acess to adoptive kids which will save gays the time and effort of going to a gay bar when they can raise their own little Homosxuals.

[SkyPilot]

“It is absolutely, factually, completely untrue.”

Umm, it just happened.

[expatpat]

My wife and I got involved with fostering children. I was surprised and quite uncomfortable with the number of homosexuals who are foster-parents. The males mostly seem to choose boys.

[Cicero]

In the normal course of things, I think it's safe to say that homosexuals are more likely to be sex abusers than heterosexuals, and that lesbians are less likely to be abusers.

At least, that was the case until lesbianism was politicized. Now, there are lesbians who think it is their inspired political duty to convert young girls. That's the obvious program, for instance, of "The Vagina Monologues."

Political lesbianism has been a big thing in colleges since the seventies. Sisterhood and all that.

[Iscool]

Department of Social Services officials spent two weeks investigating the case and called it “disturbing

Disturbing??? How do these morons think the homos increase their numbers...They recruit or in this case, rape them...What idiot would place a female teen with a couple of female homos???

[tioga]

Christina Machado, 26, was charged this week with forcefully raping the teen in abuse allegedly witnessed by Machado’s friends

And what did her friends do cheer her on? Were they her straight friends or lesbian friends? The child finally complained to teachers who turned her in. The "friends" did nothing.

[Paleo Conservative]

Gay marriage is a weapon of Mass. destruction!
Gay marriage is a weapon of Mass. destruction!
Gay marriage is a weapon of Mass. destruction!
Gay marriage is a weapon of Mass. destruction!
Gay marriage is a weapon of Mass. destruction!
Gay marriage is a weapon of Mass. destruction!