A NYT editorial this week laid out the blatant discrimination of Arkansas’s recently passed unmarried couple adoption ban. You can read it HERE.
I’m at a loss to understand how anyone could honestly not find fault with the current policy. To paraphrase the article…
Can someone adopt who was convicted of a major crime, including, say, buying booze for a 14 year old girl?
Sure.
Can someone adopt who is single and sleeps with a new person he picks up from the bar every night?
No problem.
Can someone adopt who is a 55 year old lawyer who has been in a stable relationship with her partner of 25 years?
Absolutely not.
What if she wants to adopt her granddaughter who has been abused and has nowhere else to go?
Too bad.
I pray it is only a few short years before the folks who voted for this monstrosity cringe at their mistake.
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