Russia Signs New Gay Adoption Law (Same sex couple not allowed to adopt)

Wall Street Journal ^ | Feb 13, 2014 | Paul Sonne

[Innovative]

Full title: Russia Signs New Gay Adoption Law

Same-Sex Couples From Countries Where Marriage Legal Not Allowed to Adopt

Russia banned adoptions by single people from countries where same-sex marriage is legal on Thursday, bringing the new measure into law in the middle of a Winter Olympics already steeped in controversy over Russian antigay policies.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed the decree, which was posted on the Russian government's official website on Thursday. The decree reiterates a ban on adoptions by same-sex couples who are in unions "recognized as marriages and registered in accordance with the...

[Nemoque]

I would never have thought that Russia was morally superior to the USA. I guess if you live long enough you’ll see everything.

[Mrs. Don-o]

Give me an example of silly and hysterical, please.

[Mrs. Don-o]

We adopted our Russian son from a Kamchatka orphanage 16 years ago, when he was five. Adoption exists to meet a child's need for a father and a mother. Orphanages do not provide this; we adopted Vanya because we could provide a home in which he would benefit from developmentally important, normal, mom-and-dad role modeling and emotional attachments.

It's better than an orphanage. However, at least in an orphanage, being exposed to homosexual behavior would be regarded as an abuse. In a gay household? Not so sure.

[junta]

beck

[Mrs. Don-o]

There I am at a disadvantage. I have never watched Beck on TV, heard him on the radio, nor read him. (A hearing disability can do a lot of a girl.) Conceding that he may be a huge and on-the-nose relevant example -— could you give me another one?

[junta]

Google the name “Frank Lombard”