Posted on 01/02/2008 4:38:37 PM PST by Dawnsblood
After six years of childless marriage, John and Cynthia Burke of Newark decided to adopt a baby boy through a state agency. Since the Burkes were young, scandal-free and solvent, they had no trouble with the New Jersey Bureau of Children's Services—until investigators came to the line on the application that asked for the couple's religious affiliation.
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Interesting how this old article has been making the rounds all over the internets today.
Not me. From a single photon to a possble multiverse, connectivity in God.
I think there's better evidence than none.
whatever.... we’re obviously not going to agree, so I’ll let it go.
Though All Good to You and Yours.
Since the article is 37 years old, the Judge is probably dead by now.
He must be sitting on the Ninth Circuit Court.
This was from 37 years ago.
The judge has since passed away. I found a “In Memoriam” blurb on the Rutgers Alum page for a Hon. William J. Camarata.
Atheism and secularism wouldn't stand a chance.
Unless infertile they are able to be parents.
The author would have be wiser to title this: “Should Atheists be Parents?”
I’d answer that it’s up to them.
So far as adopting is concerned, I wouldn’t want my surviving, dependent children adopted by atheists, but there are probably atheist parents who wouldn’t care.
That’s why wills are important.
Maybe the only thing an Atheist assumes is that the a-holes know who they are.
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