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I agree (and am also frustrated) with liberal activist judges and social workers who put thier own agendas ahead of the best interests of the children they are supposed to protect. I have cried many tears over some of the children I had to turn over to thier straight parents, who within months returned to the system even more worse for wear because of the savagery inflicted upon them (I mean this in the physical assault and sexual assault context, btw). But this is a result of the system as a whole - it has nothing to do with the ability of homosexual couples being able to lovingly raise kids nobody else wants (btw, it breaks my heart as I write this, because it’s true). I have yet to see, in my 15 years, EVEN ONE case of abuse by homosexual parents. Does it happen? I’m sure it does. But I haven’t seen one case of it in my area. I have, however, seen plenty of abuse by straight parents. You’re right,there are straight couples waiting to adopt - but there aren’t enough. If more were to step up to the plate, we wouldn’t be having this conversation. Be the change you want to be in the world and ask your wonderful family to support you in signing up to be a foster parent.

I am in agreement with you in making sure that no government agency mandates gay adoption to the inclusion of religious organizations and makes it so that they need to go belly up. What I was specifically referencing is the fact that gay couples can make good parents. Not optimal, but certainly stable and loving. And in the absence of more straight couples making the effort to become foster/adoptive parents, we will see more non-traditional families filling the vacuum. You make take my post as a call to action - talk the talk, then walk the walk. The foster care system needs good families like yours.

I am in agreement with you in making sure that no government agency mandates gay adoption to the inclusion of religious organizations and makes it so that they need to go belly up. What I was specifically referencing is the fact that gay couples can make good parents. Not optimal, but certainly stable and loving. And in the absence of more straight couples making the effort to become foster/adoptive parents, we will see more non-traditional families filling the vacuum. You make take my post as a call to action - talk the talk, then walk the walk. The foster care system needs good families like yours.

And you base your “information” based on what evidence? Have you spent any time in the foster care system? Or are you basing your “information” solely on your own bias? I can tell how you feel about things based on the disrespectful way you portray homosexuals. I’m not on any “gay bandwagon”. I just recognize that these people are children of God and deserve to be treated with respect just as any other person. Add to that, I’m all about assessing individual people on a case by case basis - not lumping them into one group. I’ve been working with the Foster Care system for over a decade. Believe me when I tell you that hetereosexuals are just as capable (and by far in my area are the most culpable)of hurting a child in the most savage and unimaginable ways. I made it quite clear that same sex couples may not be the optimal arrangement for a child, but it sure beats the alternative.

Straight couples use thier children horribly, too. I prefer not to paint everybody with the same broad brush. There are bad people everywhere, gay or straight.

There are many children who are aging out while languishing in foster care that very few heteros are adopting because of the emotional scars and special needs that come with adopting these children. Thankfully, there are decent homosexual couples stepping up to the plate left empty by the heteros. Is it the best thing for them? No. Every child deserves a mommy AND a daddy. But with so few (heteros) making themselves available, the next best thing is a homosexual couple or a single mother or father. Before condemming our gay brothers and sisters (they’re children of God, too, remember?) for getting “in the same line” to adopt children, perhaps we should be asking why so many straight couples are not getting in line in the first place? BTW, I’m a mother of 4 special needs children that I adopted through foster care and have been married to my dear husband for over 20 years. I’ve been a foster parent for 15. Pretty much have seen it all. The gay couples I have worked with are very nice people who love thier adopted children and have given them a stable home. Optimal? No. Stable and loving? Yes.

The a/c must be on...he’s got nipples the size of dinner plates! Hurl!

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My sweet little girl was just there on a field trip yesterday - I shudder to even imagine anyone I know being there today. Eye witnesses are reporting body parts strewn everywhere, and one specifically saying how he saw a man cut in half from the debris. Just horrific. Prayers up to all affected. This on the heels of the Carson City mass shooting last week. Lord help us.

My sweet little girl was just there on a field trip yesterday - I shudder to even imagine anyone I know being there today. Eye witnesses are reporting body parts strewn everywhere, and one specifically saying how he saw a man cut in half from the debris. Just horrific. Prayers up to all affected. This on the heels of the Carson City mass shooting last week. Lord help us.

I hate when my computer freezes up! I meant to say that the media and government officials are keeping these facts on the down low...also, sorry about the double post!

UPDATE: my friend was good friends of one of the deceased. Without revealing her identity and how she knows this, she said government officials are keeping the fact that the shooter was an illegal alien (born in Mexico) and had several passports and even more weapons in his home. She figures since one of O’bummer’s re-election strategies is to pander to the hispanic/illegal population, the dems want the fact that he was illegal kept quiet (because, as we all know, illegal immigration is not a crime...bleh.)

UPDATE: my friend was good friends of one of the deceased. Without revealing her identity and how she knows this, she said government officials are keeping the fact that the shooter was an illegal alien (born in Mexico) and had several passports and even more weapons in his home. She figures since one of O’bummer’s re-election strategies is to pander to the hispanic/illegal population, the dems want the fact that he was illegal kept quiet (because, as we all know, illegal immigration is not a crime...bleh.)

Please keep me ON the Beck ping list. Thanks!!

Please keep me ON the Beck ping list. Thanks!!

Unfortunately, Angle is being knee-capped by her own party here in Nevada. Many in her own party ignore Reagan’s 11th commandment and publicly denounce her. She’s got a strong following but when you have republicans calling her “the worst candidate ever” in public (I heard this out of a republican assemblyman’s mouth last week at a public event), you know there’s trouble brewing. She’s more popular in Northern Nevada, but at the State level cronyism is alive and well - the state party wants someone else. She’s too much of a loose cannon for them - someone they can’t control.

If she runs, she’d better prepare for some serious back-stabbing. It totally pisses me off that they’re doing this to any republican candidate. The State party is the reason we have Harry Greid.

Unfortunately, Angle is being knee-capped by her own party here in Nevada. Many in her own party ignore Reagan’s 11th commandment and publicly denounce her. She’s got a strong following but when you have republicans calling her “the worst candidate ever” in public (I heard this out of a republican assemblyman’s mouth last week at a public event), you know there’s trouble brewing. She’s more popular in Northern Nevada, but at the State level cronyism is alive and well - the state party wants someone else. She’s too much of a loose cannon for them - someone they can’t control.

If she runs, she’d better prepare for some serious back-stabbing. It totally pisses me off that they’re doing this to any republican candidate. The State party is the reason we have Harry Greid.

Sorry: senate = congressional. Mistyped, misspelled, double-posted, and can’t get the hang of html!!! ;-)

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